Personalized Marketing Inc 11th Anniversary Guest Blogger: Coffee Time Romance Staffer – Ruth You know them, you love them as much as we do! Welcome the Coffee Time Romance Staffers! So we asked them some questions on how they take care of themselves. Visit with the Coffee Time Staffers August 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 24th. Are you glued to technology and if so, what do you do to disconnect? I’m an author. I do all my writing on the computer… I disconnect when I’ve reached my word count for the day. To reach my daily word count at a…
Personalized Marketing Inc 11th Anniversary Guest Blogger: Coffee Time Romance Staffer – Franny You know them, you love them as much as we do! Welcome the Coffee Time Romance Staffers! So we asked them some questions on how they take care of themselves. Visit with the Coffee Time Staffers August 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 24th. Are you glued to technology and if so, what do you do to disconnect? Yes, and I seldom disconnect and do much else. Sometimes I’ll garden or spend my time organizing my messy house, but mostly I am connected and glued to…
Work-life balance remains an illusion for many, even those who are self-employed. And for authors. The pressure to add to the bank account, land that next client, write the next book pounds at us day and night. That’s one reason authors panic when they hit the dreaded writer’s block. Some push through the block, forcing words to flow onto the page and knowing that those words just suck. So, on top of creative stoppage the writer also suffers from acute disappointment in herself. Or himself. Let’s add to that the normal and often overwhelming demands of family. Some of us…
Taking Care Of You: ME Time. Being a single mom during the week and working with various authors, my day can be hectic. Not to mention my week. My husband works out of town and only home on the weekends. I try to leave those days for family time. We have 5 children ranging from 8 to 23. The two oldest are out on their own which helps but we also have two grandchildren with two on the way. During the week, after getting the kids off to school, I come back and get the house straightened up and laundry…
#PMInc 11th Anniversary Guest Author: Pamela S Thibodeaux When I was invited to write for Personalized Marketing Inc’s blog, I wondered what on earth could I say that you haven’t already heard or, for that matter, something I haven’t already said and/or written about. So I thought I’d just recap some of my most valuable writing advice. Here goes…. Read. Read extensively in your genre and out. Take note of phrases & descriptions that capture your imagination or make your heart sing and mind race. I’ve yet to meet a writer who isn’t an avid reader! Write. Doesn’t matter if…
Taking Care Of You: Self-Love. Hello out there in the ethereal realm I call the internet. My name is Raven Starr and I am so pleased to be able to share how and why I take care of myself. I personally think we should all learn self-love and how wonderful it is to take care of yourself. Life is full of stress and even though we all try to grin and bear it, it builds with each passing day. A few years back I was fighting chronic pain, I had so many doctors and all they wanted to do was…
As you may have noticed our blog is a couple of days early… that’s because tomorrow is August 1st and we are turning 11 years! Wow can you believe it has already been 11 years since Personalized Marketing Inc opened it’s doors? I know I can’t! It has been a wild and amazing journey and one that I am very blessed to be a part of. It seems like not long ago that my friend Raven suggested offering what I was doing for friends as paid services. In the beginning we were known as Personalized Marketing & Promotions, (kind…
Pamela, welcome to PM Inc’s Blogger, we are happy to have you here. Please tell us a little about yourself? Thank you so much for having me! I am a mother, grandmother and in my day job, a Licensed Insurance Agent. I sell home, life and Medicare Insurance. I’ve been writing for nearly 40 yrs. and published for 20+. What do you find is the hardest part about writing and promoting yourself? Finding the time to write consistently and the money to market/promote effectively. What do you do to unwind? READ. Mostly. I also like to camp and fish, walk…
Have you ever wondered if authors are superstitious about reading other books while they work on their writing projects? More than fifty authors have weighed in on this question, among a few other inquiries we wondered about, such as… Does writing energize or exhaust you? How do you cure a case of writer’s block? Do you want your book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book? We’ve addressed these questions, and many more. It’s always fascinating to get this kind of perspective from published writers! Please join us…
New Year … New Marketing? So, it’s that time again… time to decide whether your marketing efforts from 2018 worked, didn’t work, or not…
Are you excited about Christmas? Have you finished your holiday shopping or are you still looking for that perfect gift? So what about marketing, promoting, writing, editing, creating, ya know work? #PMInc #Marketing #Holidays #ChristmasSpirit
Christmas Spirit Donation Event Only 25 Days Until … Christmas … Yup, I said it! I know if you are like me you might be…