I've become a student again at age 57, and quite frankly, it feels a little weird. I eat, sleep, and hang my wet laundry in one 8x12 room, but I accept this as a new challenge; part of reinventing myself in mid-life. After a thirty-six year--student to career woman to wife to mom and back to student gap--I discovered that unlike social Continue Reading
Archives for April 2015
Discover Greek Culture
Thanks to travel bloggers, Rebecca Hall, Marissa Tejada and Elena Sergeeva, I was able to experience a unique tour with Discover Greek Culture, a new tour operator in Greece, that specializes in offering archaeological, gastronomic, historical and artistic tours, to groups of 2-15 people maximum. Their goal is to offer something more Continue Reading
Discoverability: The Key to Successful Indie Publishing
“Discoverability” seems to be the central theme at the 2015 Publishers University conference; something all indie publishers need to put at the top of their book publishing, marketing and promotion list. In 2014, the theme was the importance of indie authors becoming entrepreneurs, hence the term: “Authorpreneur.” “Discoverability” Continue Reading
Travel with Me As I Reinvent Myself
Follow Me as I Start a New Chapter in My Life April 9th-June 8th, 20151. AUSTIN, TX IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association, "Publishers University" conference. 2). ATHENS, GREECE, and possibly the island of HYDRA. 3). GREENWICH, LONDON- Studying for the TESOL, to teach English as a 2nd language. 4). PARIS, to celebrate my dad's 90th Continue Reading
Get Help Writing Your Memoir
There are many books out there on "How to write a memoir," but what about a magazine? Viga Boland decided to start Memoirabilia, a magazine that would help you write your memoir, and also give you the joy of seeing your story in print. I had the pleasure of meeting Viga Boland at the Readers' Favorite Awards in Miami in November, Continue Reading