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Il faut cultiver notre jardin,” —Voltaire

For those of us who don’t do fancy French, this means:

“We must cultivate our garden,” says Pangloss at the end of Voltaire’s Candide.

No sentiment could be truer for women who write. Stop focusing on the whole wide world. Instead, maintain a space that is your own and encourages the fruits of your labors to blossom.

But the process of growing our garden requires the right tools. Reading this blog and learning how to revise your own stories could help you cultivate your garden, obtain peace of mind, and establish your writing legacy. Happy reading and writing!

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Show Me the Money—I Mean the Meaningful Client Connections

Oh, yes, I’m very aware of how well certain marketing tactics work. There are some brilliant businesswomen using the good ol’ scarcity model to drive new clients their way.

Who can blame them, right? They make bank.

But there are others who are starting to question those kinds of strategies, even when it means making less money.

I’m in the second group.

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What is Writing, Anyhoo?
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What is Writing, Anyhoo?

Oral storytelling, theatre, handwritten manuscripts, school lectures, business presentations, stand-up comedy, news reports, archives of microfilm and microfiche, videos, podcasts, physical books, ebooks, blog posts, TV shows, movies, Zoom presentations, social media posts, love letters.

What do all these things have in common?

You guessed it—words.

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