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IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER This article does not deal with mental health issues. Mental health issues are a whole other kettle of fish.  If you think you suffer from a mental health issue, the Health Information Page on the CAMH website has good information. Read it and...

Uhhh… good. Really good. Yeah. Things are going great right now.  I have 8,972 Twitter followers.  No problem. Excellent. Amazing in fact… Did I mention the 8,972 Twitter followers? All right, I’m not where I want to be, which brings us to the real point of this post:...

Many writers like writing groups. They find them helpful, useful, and companionable. They find people with common goals, common interests and a common desire to help each other succeed. I don’t. My Writing Group Experiences The first writing group I joined was led by...

Some posts are harder to write than others and this was one of them. I said last week, Facebook sucks for marketing, but that it was still worth it.  And then I spent a week struggling to figure out why. Because, I was thinking about it wrong. It’s like this:...

(Lucky 13th post of This Writing Life! Yay!) So, substitute job for “baby” and this pretty much sums up some days: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4euyTDhFnk So how do you find supportive people when you’re a work at home type? Networking You are not the only...

It’s that time. I’ve got the twitter piece down to an art, if not a science, and it’s time to turn my attention to Facebook. And here is my confession: I don’t want to do it. Frippin’ Facebook. Facebook used to be THE place to be for free social media marketing....

I make a living at this. Most of my earnings are through Ghostwriting and Communications (which reminds me, I have invoices to send out), but still, I make a living. It’s nice. Lots of folks don’t make a living at this. For a long time I didn’t make a living. And many...

At this point I can say that I’ve been pretty successful at generating followers on Twitter (7,042 as we speak). And I think I’ve done a fairly good job generating content that will enable me to keep followers interested, and hopefully turn them into fans who will...

And I’m back! Great weekend at Can-Con 2014! Good panels, good friends, good fun. Now back to the real word. This week (and only a week late): Mental Health. DISCLAIMER: I am not a mental health professional. If you think you suffer from a mental health issue,...