September 15, 2019

Why Small Adjustments Can Dramatically Improve Your Success

Doing the same thing over, and over, and over while expecting a different result is insanity. Why on Earth would the results change if the application of effort does not? That, my friends, is truly living on a hope and a prayer. We tell ourselves, "This is how it should work!" And yet, it doesn't. So the next day, we do it again. Instead of considering how things "should work", let's consider how things "do work". What I've found is that success, the kind of success we are feverishly after, is often times just a tweak away.

Building a Brand on Being Remarkable

September 13, 2019

How Being Remarkable Builds a Brand People Actually Share

It's a crazy notion that we can create a product or service that is truly remarkable. But why is it so crazy? Why is being remarkable so rare? So unique? So valuable? So likely that, if someone sees it from a distance or holds it close to their chest, they'll want to tell other people about it? But the fact remains, that as others have already blazed the trail to be remarkable, we too can achieve such a mark. Our brand can be remarkable. Who we are, what we do, and what we create can be worthy of making remark about.

September 12, 2019

How Successful Authors Overcome Writer’s Block

We've all experienced the common nemisis...writer's block. It appears when we least expect it and takes away our trusty muse. Some authors and illustrators fight it. Some try to ignore it. Creatives rally together in the disdain they have for the feeling of not having anything to say, not being sure what to write, and being anxious over what to draw next. Take courage and learn how these successful authors handle and overcome writer's block.

September 10, 2019

Creating Picture Books as a Team with Amy and Greg Newbold

Creating picture books is not always a solitary, lonely endeavor. Great books require great teams and where better to start than within the same home? Amy and Greg Newbold share their story, experience, and insight into how they work together, as husband and wife, in creating beautiful books for children. Join us as we gleam from their experience chasing, and dare I say reaching, the author and illustrator's dream of publishing books.

September 9, 2019

10 Things Only Writers Understand

Have you ever been asked what you're writing only to be looked down upon for your cute little hobby? Has anyone ever suggested you should just self-publish as if getting a traditional deal is beyond your reach and you may as well give up? Has someone given you their "next big idea" for a book that you should write? There are some things only writers understand. Here are 10 of them.