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How To Be Impressively Awesome: You Want To Be Criticized!
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How To Be Impressively Awesome. Friday, August 9, 2013. You Want To Be Criticized! I used to have a major problem with people giving me feedback. I used to take it really personally and get all butt hurt over it. I would sulk and pout and let it take me into a horrible spiral of self-doubt. I would snap at people who criticized me thinking they meant to hurt my feelings. Thankfully, I didn't stay a moody whiny teenager forever. This is a little easier to take less personally. I've even gotten to the poin...
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A Musing Alexis: My Book Launch Extravaganza
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The real life adventures and wild musings of a young writer. Monday, March 30, 2015. My Book Launch Extravaganza. Is this the last door I have to walk through? Thus far I haven't had much success in marketing my books. I have tried many things and none of them have really made a difference in sales. Let's take a look. Blog tours - after contacting multiple websites (like almost 100) I got one site interested.if I had my book in paper form. Soliciting honest reviews - no one followed through. Having sched...
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A Musing Alexis: About Me
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The real life adventures and wild musings of a young writer. I've grown up all over the place, gone to art school, college, graduate school and traveled around the US and the world. I've written and performed music, studied and sold my art, been a youth pastor, consulted for non-profits, and clawed halfway up corporate ladders. The one constant in my life has been my need to write. During 2010 I completed my first manuscript - a young adult urban fantasy, The Brothers. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Advice ...
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A Musing Alexis: THRIVE Book Launch Week 4: Burn Ships
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The real life adventures and wild musings of a young writer. Monday, April 20, 2015. THRIVE Book Launch Week 4: Burn Ships. Last week I got my final rejection letter for grad school. Some people might give condolences, but I'm not sorry. I'm not because I also got another series of notices telling me I was not being considered for jobs. It felt like the go ahead.as in, the Universe dropped a piano to knock some sense into me,. I love Laran. I love him. He is.my favorite. I mean, this guy ...And as I real...
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A Musing Alexis: Pregnant Apartment Living: What to do About My Smoking Neighbors
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The real life adventures and wild musings of a young writer. Thursday, April 25, 2013. Pregnant Apartment Living: What to do About My Smoking Neighbors. Secondhand smoke during pregnancy alters children's behavior. — Environmental Health News. It seems every other person who lives in Oakland smokes. It drives me crazy. When I wasn't pregnant I didn't like it, but I could suffer through it. But now? The one who asks my neighbors to smoke somewhere else because I'm pregnant? Do I just force myself to suffe...
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A Musing Alexis: Writers Beware: The Blog Post Scam
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The real life adventures and wild musings of a young writer. Monday, May 6, 2013. Writers Beware: The Blog Post Scam. Since 2008 I've experienced a number of scams, particularly when searching for jobs. Inevitably I've posted something about lessons or tutoring, or responded to ads about various jobs and I've received all manner of things back. This is usually through Craigslist. However, it doesn't stop hardcore scam artists. The trial goes as follows: 10 days (2 weeks of 5 business days) and 24 posts&#...
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A Musing Alexis: Birth of A Siren
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The real life adventures and wild musings of a young writer. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Birth of A Siren. Every day I ache, a wretched invisible ache. My wounds are hidden from view unless I choose to share them. Unless I reveal them, no one ever knows. No one ever sees. And they have no idea how painful it is to hear, to read their opinions – thoughts that deny my experience. Ideas that mock my life. That mock my ache. How many ways can a woman suffer at the hands of men? Doing nothing because they agreed?
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A Musing Alexis: THRIVE Book Launch Week 5: Grateful
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The real life adventures and wild musings of a young writer. Monday, April 27, 2015. THRIVE Book Launch Week 5: Grateful. I am jumping out of my skin because I am SO excited. I am excited about revelation, helping people, transformation, joy, heartache, and the power and strength my journey has given me. I am excited by the wonderful people who surround me with love and life every day. What wonderful people the world has made! How lucky I am to be blessed with them in my life! Brainstormed/outlined seria...
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How To Be Impressively Awesome: Always Send Snail Mail
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How To Be Impressively Awesome. Tuesday, July 16, 2013. Always Send Snail Mail. There has been a decline in sending cards, much to the detriment of everyone involved. People send emails. They message. They send pictures. They tweet. But let me ask you, don't you feel so much more special when someone takes the time to hand write a note to you, put a stamp on it and send it to you in the mail? That's what I thought. It is a relatively small thing to drag yourself to Michael's (or another craft store) rifl...
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A Musing Alexis: THRIVE Book Launch Week 6: Temping
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The real life adventures and wild musings of a young writer. Monday, May 4, 2015. THRIVE Book Launch Week 6: Temping. Keep moving. It's all temporary. Recently I had an epiphany, which is strangely related to THRIVE. Before I might have wallowed. Now I give myself the freedom to feel, accept the feeling, and then move on to do what has to be done. While I haven't been in war, I've been torn down enough to know that I have what really matters in life. I have family, friends, and an extensive support n...