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How to Create Your Self-Publishing Production Schedule

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What’s on your self-publishing production schedule? I’ve talked before that part of being a professional writer meant you needed to show up every day (thanks, Steven Pressfield). Showing up every day ready to work your tail off means you need a plan. You need a self-publishing production schedule. You also must hold yourself accountable. Unless…Read More

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5 Tips to generate Your next Novel Idea

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How Do You Generate Your Next Great Novel Idea? When people find out I’m a writer I often get asked how do I come up with ideas for my fiction books, My answer is an emphatic, I don’t know. They just come to me. It’s not like I sit down at my desk and tell…Read More

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Setting Author Goals to Reach Your Writing Dreams

Setting Author Goals to Reach Your Writing Dreams

It’s the time of year where we reflect on what happened in the previous and get excited about setting new author goals and resolutions. Planner sales skyrocket, people, make vision boards, and we’re all excited about what’s to come. The year ahead has unlimited potential and man we’re going to crush it. We hit Jan…Read More

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Build An Author Platform To Increase Your Book Sales

Build An Author Platform To Increase Your Book Sales

The author platform. Do You Have One? Some might argue that if you’re a fiction author, an author platform isn’t as important than if you’re a non-fiction author. But I don’t necessarily agree. Here are my thoughts about building an author platform if you’re a fiction author. The great thing about today’s level of technology…Read More

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Do You Want to Write or Just Publish?

Do You Want to Write or Just Publish?

Do you want to write or just publish? I once looked up the difference between a writer and an author and found several differing statements. I finally came across one I liked and have used since. You know how you have 5 versions of something and pick the one that fits the thing the way…Read More

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Adverbs are the Devil

Adverbs are the Devil

 “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” —Stephen King “What’s your obsession with adverbs,” my editor once asked me. “I just really, really like them,” I replied. An adverb modifies a verb and often ends in -ly but not always. As in other elements of the English language the -ly qualifier isn’t 100% accurate…Read More

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My name is Laina and welcome to my blog. In Pursuit of Fabulous is a lifestyle and writing blog where I talk about midlife women's issues, the mystery and romance books I write, and the art of writing and self-publishing. My goal is to entertain, educate, and inspire women to be their most fabulous! Because life is better when you make it fabulous.

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