Laina Turner, Author
L.C. Turner, Author

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Adulting is HARD!
Adulting is HARD!

Do you ever feel like you don’t want to adult anymore? I do. It’s so overrated. I would take childhood over this any day! Who’s with me?! Isn’t it crazy that when you’re a kid, you can’t wait to become an adult? You think life will be such a breeze. You can do what you […]

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Quacks and Quarrels a Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery Free Chapter
Quacks and Quarrels a Presley Thurman Cozy Mystery Free Chapter

Chapter 1 Download The Book Now “Well, Bella old girl, I can’t believe we’re doing this,” I said to my drooling sidekick as she lounged in the passenger seat of my borrowed red pickup truck. She barely looked in my direction, her eyes heavy with sleep. I chuckled to myself, shook my head, and then […]

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Become An Author and Write Your Rough Draft
Become An Author and Write Your Rough Draft

Are you ready to become an author and write your rough draft? Writing the rough draft is, in my opinion, the best part of the writing process. Whether you write from an outline or by the seat of your pants, it’s the part that’s the freest from constraints. You know you’re going to be revising […]

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My Glamorous Life as an Author
My Glamorous Life as an Author

Being an author is the best job in the world. Private jets and chauffeured limos. People waiting on my every whim. Everywhere you go fans want your autograph. They are lining up in droves to wait for your next release. You can’t even go out for Starbucks without people mobbing you. Hence the sunglasses and […]

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4 ways to market your self-published book
4 ways to market your self-published book

How to market your self-published book If you’re already a self-published author you know, that writing is the easy part. Marketing and selling your books is much, much harder. If you haven’t got to the marketing point in your writing career now you know. Marketing is not usually the fun part of an author career […]

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Beating Overwhelm
Beating Overwhelm

Beating overwhelm isn’t easy.  Sometimes when I look at my to-do list, I want to go back to bed and hide under the covers. I want someone to take me away from the never-ending things that need doing. Or do them for me. A fairy godmother would work. Is that too much to ask for? […]

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