Some authors are of the opinion that Amazon is our enemy. It reminded me of the old days, when Harlequin used to be the enemy. Everyone not writing for Harlequin was criticizing everyone who was for selling out to the evil empire. I’ve had my ups and downs with Harlequin, and they are far from perfect, but I also made a lot of money there. I established my name and my brand there. Working with their brilliant editors made me a better writer. My time with Harlequin was time we

Some authors are of the opinion that Amazon is our enemy. It reminded me of the old days, when Harlequin used to be the enemy. Everyone not writing for Harlequin was criticizing everyone who was for selling out to the evil empire. I’ve had my ups and downs with Harlequin, and they are far from perfect, but I also made a lot of money there. I established my name and my brand there. Working with their brilliant editors made me a better writer. My time with Harlequin was time we

Today, my sister scribes, fellow creators, beautiful businesswomen and excellent entrepreneurs, I thought I’d share some of my favorite tips, tricks and insights with you. A list of spiritual and practical things you can do to increase revenue now. Advertise continuously Every. Single. Month. (Maybe every week!) This year, as soon as all the income arrives for the month, I’m going to set an advertising budget for that month and it will be as generous

Today, my sister scribes, fellow creators, beautiful businesswomen and excellent entrepreneurs, I thought I’d share some of my favorite tips, tricks and insights with you. A list of spiritual and practical things you can do to increase revenue now. Advertise continuously Every. Single. Month. (Maybe every week!) This year, as soon as all the income arrives for the month, I’m going to set an advertising budget for that month and it will be as generous

Today, my sister scribes, fellow creators, beautiful businesswomen and excellent entrepreneurs, I thought I’d share some of my favorite tips, tricks and insights with you. A list of spiritual and practical things you can do to increase revenue now. Advertise continuously Every. Single. Month. (Maybe every week!) This year, as soon as all the income arrives for the month, I’m going to set an advertising budget for that month and it will be as generous

My Favorite Thing in the Universe Okay, so I have never ever put a product in this spot. But I’m making an exception for this, because it’s made for people like us, creative entrepreneurs, artists, storytellers, and Law of Attraction wizards. LOAers as I call us. And it’s made BY one of us. About this time last year, I was wishing for a more spiritual approach to business and art, and as always happens when we ask, it was given. I started noticing people talking about Leonie

My Favorite Thing in the Universe Okay, so I have never ever put a product in this spot. But I’m making an exception for this, because it’s made for people like us, creative entrepreneurs, artists, storytellers, and Law of Attraction wizards. LOAers as I call us. And it’s made BY one of us. About this time last year, I was wishing for a more spiritual approach to business and art, and as always happens when we ask, it was given. I started noticing people talking about Leonie

Law of Attraction: That which is like unto itself is drawn. Murphy’s Law of Attraction: Things only appear to be going wrong. Look closer and you’ll see they’re not only going perfectly, they’re going the only way they can at the moment, and in the process, they are forcing you to solve problems and to overcome obstacles that stand between you and your goals. My Weekend from Hell So I just launched a contest, updated my website for the holidays, wrote a blog post over at the

Law of Attraction: That which is like unto itself is drawn. Murphy’s Law of Attraction: Things only appear to be going wrong. Look closer and you’ll see they’re not only going perfectly, they’re going the only way they can at the moment, and in the process, they are forcing you to solve problems and to overcome obstacles that stand between you and your goals. My Weekend from Hell So I just launched a contest, updated my website for the holidays, wrote a blog post over at the

Samhain: “Sow’-en” Gaelic word meaning Summer’s End. Samhain was the final harvest festival of the ancient Celts, a time when the crops were all in, animals were slaughtered to provide food for the coming winter, and the Veil Between the Worlds was believed to be at its thinnest point of the year. Most of our Halloween customs, from wearing costumes to carving jack-o-lanterns, are based on the beliefs and traditions of the Celts. If you want a book that covers them all and th

Samhain: “Sow’-en” Gaelic word meaning Summer’s End. Samhain was the final harvest festival of the ancient Celts, a time when the crops were all in, animals were slaughtered to provide food for the coming winter, and the Veil Between the Worlds was believed to be at its thinnest point of the year. Most of our Halloween customs, from wearing costumes to carving jack-o-lanterns, are based on the beliefs and traditions of the Celts. If you want a book that covers them all and th

So we get a little success and we feel terrible about all the people who don’t have any success at all. We make a little money and feel badly for those who have none. But let’s get serious about this now. What does one thing have to do with the other? What We Live Has No Relation to What Anyone Else is Living If we were failing instead of succeeding, would other people be more successful? If we were broke instead of able to pay our bills, would poor people have more money tha

So we get a little success and we feel terrible about all the people who don’t have any success at all. We make a little money and feel badly for those who have none. But let’s get serious about this now. What does one thing have to do with the other? What We Live Has No Relation to What Anyone Else is Living If we were failing instead of succeeding, would other people be more successful? If we were broke instead of able to pay our bills, would poor people have more money tha

You'll Always See Proof of What You Believe When you have a strong belief, that belief is a magnet for things that match it. The best example of this in our culture came on May 6th, 1954 when Roger Bannister ran a mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.  Up until then, a common belief was that humans were physically incapable of running a mile in less than four minutes. But since then, the under-4-minute mile has become so commonplace that even gifted high school athletes are achiev

You'll Always See Proof of What You Believe When you have a strong belief, that belief is a magnet for things that match it. The best example of this in our culture came on May 6th, 1954 when Roger Bannister ran a mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.  Up until then, a common belief was that humans were physically incapable of running a mile in less than four minutes. But since then, the under-4-minute mile has become so commonplace that even gifted high school athletes are achiev

You'll Always See Proof of What You Believe When you have a strong belief, that belief is a magnet for things that match it. The best example of this in our culture came on May 6th, 1954 when Roger Bannister ran a mile in 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.  Up until then, a common belief was that humans were physically incapable of running a mile in less than four minutes. But since then, the under-4-minute mile has become so commonplace that even gifted high school athletes are achiev

Or, How to Poop Rainbows The answer is in the question. Bad things keep happening to you if you are the type of person who believes bad things keep happening to them. I’m going to give you some easy steps to change your beliefs, and when you follow them, you’ll become the type of person who poops rainbows, just like me. First though, let’s define “Bad.” Thanks to Melissa Storm for the 'poops rainbows' metaphor Defining 'Bad' I’m going to try to make this very simple, but it’s

Or, How to Poop Rainbows The answer is in the question. Bad things keep happening to you if you are the type of person who believes bad things keep happening to them. I’m going to give you some easy steps to change your beliefs, and when you follow them, you’ll become the type of person who poops rainbows, just like me. First though, let’s define “Bad.” Thanks to Melissa Storm for the 'poops rainbows' metaphor Defining 'Bad' I’m going to try to make this very simple, but it’s

Or, How to Poop Rainbows The answer is in the question. Bad things keep happening to you if you are the type of person who believes bad things keep happening to them. I’m going to give you some easy steps to change your beliefs, and when you follow them, you’ll become the type of person who poops rainbows, just like me. First though, let’s define “Bad.” Thanks to Melissa Storm for the 'poops rainbows' metaphor Defining 'Bad' I’m going to try to make this very simple, but it’s

You know, sales are slumping, the writing isn’t going well, the technology is wonky, and Amazon is doing all the things the “Sky is falling” gang are always accusing it of. That kind of bad. As soon as you start fighting against trends like this, scrambling to fix them, to make corrections, you’re shifting all of your focus to what’s going wrong. And if you’ve been reading me for more than a couple of weeks, you know what that means; you’re creating more of the same. Your foc