As an author with big dreams, I know that the hustle and bustle of life can rob us of our peace and take our dreams hostage. So at the end of a year, we are often disappointed with what we failed to achieve the previous year. I have felt that pain. Author David Allen, in […]
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I see StoryOrigin as a Personal Assistant and so in this StoryOrigin Product Review, I evaluate the programme on the results it delivers as a system. Scroll down for my rating on specific points in this StoryOrigin product review 4.21/5 Super-charge your book marketing! Like many writers, I started part time, snatching pockets of time
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Many people have heard the idiom ‘barking up the wrong tree’. This dates back to the 1800s, when the sport of hunting with packs of dogs was popular. Sometimes the prey would run up a tree and escape along the treetops. The confused hounds could smell the scent, but were unaware that the focus of
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I love a good fresh salad and have always had a desire to have my very own vegetable garden. The mini farmer inside me made several attempts, all with varying levels of success. Before I was married, I rented a charming cottage where my garden flourished. It was a wonderful staggered white rose garden and
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In 2000, in an American romantic fantasy comedy movie “What Women Want”, Nick Marshall, played by Mel Gibson, suddenly gains the ability to hear women’s thoughts. At first it overwhelmed him, but then this advertising executive realises that his new found superpower could skyrocket his career and he could break into the multi-million dollar women’s
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When I was a child, my parents took a road trip every year from Port Elizabeth to Cape Town to visit my maternal grandparents for Christmas. A roughly 749 km, or 465 miles long trip. The journey seemed to last forever. A gruelling 8 hour trip, which would have been even longer if my parents
Successful traditional publishers also have a quality control process. They have teams of cover designers, editors, proofreaders and marketing personnel that will ensure that the quality of the cover, print and content of the books match industry standards. My initial mentor told me I could publish my book for free. While that is true, you
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am revisiting an old favourite of mine, The Richest Man in Babylon, a 1926 book by George S. Claso. In this parable about the seven rules about money, the king of Babylon appoints Arkad, undoubtedly the richest man in Babylon, to teach the inhabitants how to make money, keep it and multiply it. In this
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In American action adventure movie Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves from 1991 based on the English folk tale that originated in the 12th century, Hood and Azeem make an unlikely pair. Hood, a Christian crusader, (played by Kevin Costner), was imprisoned along with a Muslim named Azeem (played by Morgan Freeman). When Robin tries to
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