I had the pleasure of presenting “How to Build Your Brand and Bottom Line Through Blogging” at the 2015 Steel Pen Creative Writers’ Conference at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday, October 10, 2015. The presentation went well. I had an audience of engaged listeners. There were four bloggers in the room; a couple of very active…
Author: Ms. Marcie
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“The 7 Practices of Highly Underpaid Freelance Writers” EBook is Available
I am proud to announce that my eBook, The 7 Practices of Highly Underpaid Freelance Writers, launched on Thursday. I know I’m a little behind with this message, but I had to prepare for my “Meet the Author” event at the library. You can purchase Underpaid Freelance Writers on Smashwords. The workbook will be available…
Recap from “Meet The Author” at Whitney Young Library
Just wanted to do a quick recap and share photos from my Meet the Author event at Whitney Young Library on Thursday. I had 10 engaged attendees and sold several books and workbooks. Woo hoo! Topics of discussion included: The difference between a blog and website The difference between the social networking sites The difference…
Reminder: I’m the Featured Author at Whitney Young Library Tonight
I’ll be sharing my author journey this evening at 6:00 p.m. at Whitney Young Library, 7901 S. King Drive. I’ll be discussing how I became an author, my mistakes, as well as resources I use. Also, I’ll be selling my 62 Blog Post to Overcome Blogger’s Block book and workbook. Be sure to stop through…
My Conversation with Mitch Mitchell [Video Replay]
I had my first Blab interview with Mitch Mitchell last night and it was fun. In addition to learning about Mitch’s background and rich experiences, I had a chance to play with the program and it was pretty neat. We had 15 blabbers to join us. Watch the replay of my interview with Mitch by…
I’ll Be Interviewing Mitch Mitchell Today
For the longest of time I’ve been saying that I want to interview every day people about every day stuff or anything I felt like. So, I finally decided to get off the BS and get busy. I found my first WILLING victim to start this journey with me: Mitch Mitchell. We’ll be discussing his…
I’m Kicking Off “Authors at the Library” on October 1, 2015
I am the featured author at Whitney Young Library’s “Authors at the Library” series on Thursday, October 1, 2015. I’ll be having an interactive and engaging conversation about my book writing and publishing experience from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. So, if you’re available that evening, be sure to stop on through. Whitney Young is located…
4th Annual Writers Block Party: Scripting Your Story
Join Chicago Writers Association and writers in all genres at the 4th Annual Writers Block Party: Scripting Your Story from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.on Saturday, September 19, 2015 at the Gail Borden Public Library, 270 N. Grove Avenue in Elgin, Illinois. Moderated by CWA President Tori Collins, these talented panelists will discuss screenwriting and screenplays….
Be My Guest at MJM Speakers’ Circle Open House – September 19, 2015
My Toastmasters club, MJM Speakers’ Circle, is hosting an open house at Thurgood Marshall Library, 7506 S. Racine, from 9:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.on Saturday, September 19, 2015. You will have a chance to hear incredible speeches, meeting cool peeps, and hear their tales of fear to fabulous. And you will fellowship with the members…
Steve Harvey Replied to My Tweet!
Have you read my article, 8 Lessons Entrepreneurs Can Learn from Steve Harvey, on LinkedIn? Probably not. Mostly because I did a poor job at promoting it. To ensure that my article got read by more than my LinkedIn connections (I got over 700 views), I started tweeting it to business publications. It probably took…