"Have You Seen These Characters?" Cool Project Sneak Peek

The ever-talented Jessie Carty , Instructional Designer and Content Developer and fellow writer, has been working her magic on developing an initial idea sparked from Writing It Real: Creating an Online Course for Fun and Profit into an interactive educational activity for writers, teachers, and readers to explore and learn about giving quality writing feedback.

Excited to offer a sneak peek of “Have You Seen These Characters? Taking the Scary Out of Giving Writing Feedback.”

I highly recommend Jessie for taking a concept and developing it into an imaginative and meaningful project that combines her fabulous tech skills with content in an engaging and fun way. Whether you’re in writing, education, or both, if you’re interested in developing an idea in a new direction for online media, Jessie Carty has got so much to offer to make your project shine! Contact her via LinkedIn or Facebook.

Author Interview: Check out Aôthen Magazine! 🌞

Thrilled to be interviewed for the first issue of a wonderful new literary magazine, Aôthen Magazine. Check out the interview here.

Shout-out to the fabulous Samantha Ng, Editor in Chief, who was a joy to work with—I highly recommend checking out the magazine for a great read, considering submitting creative work, and/or advertising options for authors.

More about “Aôthen Magazine (named after the Doric Greek term for the earliest dawn) is an upcoming zine dedicated to all kinds of Classics inspired content! (art, poetry, essays, photography, etc.).”

Check out their submission guidelines for future issues.

Author Interview: I'm Featured Today on Hasty Book List 🌞

I’m thrilled to be the featured author on Hasty Book List today. Check it out! Also, my book was a book feature at the site: ta-da!

Many thanks to the very talented Ashley at Hasty Book List. Check out her awesome Instagram here as well as the work of many talented writers on the Hasty Book List site.

A Five-Star Review Morning (Author Life at Its Best) 🎉📚

And some days, as an author, you wake to a five-star review from a book reviewer. Woot! @springbrookorbillabong

And then find a second five-star review at your book’s Amazon page:

“Writing Reference Books? This Book is a Great Guide”

“Melanie Faith's Writing It Real: Crafting a Reference Book that Sells is a really interesting and in-depth examination of how to craft a reference book (obviously, it's in the title). As an author myself, I've considered writing a reference book, so I was excited to see what insights Faith had for this type of writing. Although I have not written a reference book yet, I definitely think this book will be very beneficial when I undertake this type of writing project.” —Jason S. Wrench

#writers #indieauthor #amwriting #amreading #goodnews #AuthorsOfTwitter #weekmade #grateful #booklaunchweek

@VineLeavesPress

Awesome Interview Ahead! 🎉

Less than 3 days until my next book releases on Tuesday!

To celebrate the exciting occasion, I was thrilled to be featured on talented writer Kate Bradley-Ferrall’s blog. Check it out: clickety-click!

From Promising to Published: Cover Reveal! 🎉📔

Cover reveal time! @jessicabelldesign knocks it out of the park again!

Why, yes, there is both a dragon and a swan-diving swimmer in my forthcoming writing craft book.🎉📔

Arriving in May. More details about the book at: Vine Leaves . More details and other covers by my amazing designer at: Jessica Bell Design.

Mindset Medicine 📔📝

Mindset Medicine: A Must-Read for Motivation

Remember that feeling of opening the decorative cover of a new journal to the first crisp, fresh page, awaiting all of your musings, pens in myriad colors at the ready? That anticipation! That knowing that you’re not entirely sure where your written journey will take you but that it will surely take you on a good, introspective journey by book’s end.  

That’s the feeling, too, while reading award-winning author Mari McCarthy’s Mindset Medicine: A Journaling Power Self-Love Book.

Packed with authentic examples and can-do tips, Mindset Medicine explores a wide variety of life-applicable topics, from gratitude and respect from others to transforming your life through asking the right questions and establishing solid boundaries.

This book meets readers where they are in life and offers practical and positive next steps for setting goals step-by-step, elevating moods, and letting go of damaging thought-loops that keep a creator mired or stuck.

It’s like having your best friend who happens to be a life coach sitting with you and supporting your hopes and goals as you translate them into action steps.

Get your journals ready; you’ll surely fill them as you read (and, if you’re like me, reread—so many of these chapters invite a second and third visit) and explore an updated mindset that brings refreshment, renewed focus on your dreams, and a lot of self-knowledge along the way.  

Want to read more? Great news! This book, as well as books 1 and 2 in her Journaling Power Revolution Series) and other inspiring resources, such as workbooks, are available and ready for your perusal at: Amazon and createwritenow .

 Check out the other stops on Mari L.McCarthy’s Book Tour this month and next:

Featured Today on I've Got Questions 🥳

Great news! To celebrate my book birthday today, I’m featured on Clifford Garstang’s wonderful site, I’ve Got Questions.

It was a joy to talk about Writing It Real: Creating an Online Course for Fun and Profit as well as teaching, food, and other elements of the writing life.

Check out Cliff’s many excellent books as well as other interviews with talented authors.

It's Book Birthday Time! 🎉📚

I couldn’t resist staying up to ring in the book birthday of my next book: Writing It Real: Creating an Online Course for Fun and Profit! Woot! 🎉

Available at Amazon as well as signed copies at my Etsy shop, WritePathProductions.

Many thanks for celebrating with me and for all of your wondrous support!

Updates on the Writing It Real Series 🎉

🎉Just one more month until my book birthday @vine_leaves_press for Writing It Real: Creating an Online Course for Fun and Profit! Can't wait! Preorder today at Amazon.

It's even more awesome in person! 📕🎉@vine_leaves_press That holding the first printed copies feeling: priceless. Props to my amazing cover designer @jessicabelldesign . Couldn't resist sharing this moment with all of you. Writing It Real: Crafting a Reference Book that Sells has a book birthday in April, and it's available for preorder now at Amazon.