and when you should start building yours. — Much like moving to a stage and standing behind a podium to deliver a message, your author platform is where you share your thoughts and ideas. Loosely defined, it comprises all the places where you communicate, such as your social media posts, podcasts, author website, YouTube videos, newsletters, TikTok, and…

even if you aren’t into outlining. — Each person reacts differently when they realize they want to write a book. It’s the easiest part of the process for some, whereas it may be the hardest for others. It could be as simple as “I have this idea, I’m going to write about it!” or it could feel…

It’s more important than it might seem. — Growing up, there were a few key phrases that my mom used to teach us lessons. I don’t know if she thought it was easier to hear lessons in the form of idioms that made them easier to remember or learn, but whatever the reason, she had a lot of…

“If you were blacked out, how do you know?” — It was a beautiful spring day, and we were walking around the track at the local high school. The sun was shining, and the sky was blue, creating a vivid contrast against the black asphalt of the track we walked on. My son was running out ahead of us, excited…

Less sugar, less regret, right? — It has been three long years since I stepped on the scale and saw a number that started with a one instead of a two. When I looked down on the scale and saw 198, I thought I would feel something momentous. Instead, I shrugged, not feeling nearly as accomplished…

There is never enough coffee or hours in a day, but it has its rewards. — My alarm goes off at five o’clock in the morning every morning, no matter what time I go to bed the night before, and almost every day, it is a struggle to get out of bed. …

and one you must follow. — When I started writing, I treated it like I would anything else new in my life. I researched as much as I could, read books and blog posts, listened to podcasts, and watched videos online. I wanted to know everything that I could to be the best writer I could…

A simple way to write high quality content faster. — When I started blogging, I was a wanderer. I began by writing a post about my son. From the very beginning of my decision to start blogging, I knew I wanted to write about parenting my son. Not only because I’m parenting alone as a single mother, but because my…

Someone, somewhere needs to hear it. — ‘How do you write about your life so openly?’ This is the question I get asked the most since I started blogging five months ago. I have always found it interesting that they don’t ask me why I write about my own life for the entire world to read, but…