Forty-year-old Julia Whitman is finally independent after escaping from a controlling mother and an adulterous husband. Julia has left her past behind in Missouri and made a new life for herself in Scottsdale, Arizona. She and her friend Lauren have open

"10 Ways to Develop Characters" is a how-to book about creating characters. Fiction writers want well-developed, realistic characters in their stories. This book helps you develop characters in 10 different ways, from understanding what character development is to troubleshooting characters. Learning about Archetypes and doing Character Sketches can help quickly develop deep characters. Discovering how to use Character Arcs and adding Secrets to characters help integrate the characters into plots with some intriguing tension. Characters that are Real help readers relate to them. It also helps to understand the different Roles. Stories are written from a Point of View, which helps us understand how our characters work within a story. Plots and characters must interact with each other. Understanding their relationship is a big part of developing a character. Lastly, when characters don't work, we need to be able to troubleshoot and fix them. This book has a lot of information packed into it. Please note that there is a companion e-course that will help you absorb and put these ideas into play. For more information about the e-course, go to: http: //publishwithconnie.com/character.

Forty-year-old Julia Whitman is finally independent after escaping from a controlling mother and an adulterous husband. Julia has left her past behind in Missouri and made a new life for herself in Scottsdale, Arizona. She and her friend Lauren have opened their interior design business, Touch of Jules, and are enjoying successful business and personal lives. Twenty-four-year-old Austin James has also escaped home in a move that has sent him across the country from North Carolina to Phoenix, Arizona, to finish college and start his own life. Neither is looking for love, but when the two meet, an attraction ignites. To Julia, Austin seems mature beyond his years; he makes her feel things she hasn't felt in a very long time. Austin is shocked when he discovers that Julia's so much older, but he knows that she holds his heart in a way no one else does. Can they defy conventional rules to forge a relationship that withstands the judgment of their families, friends, and society?

A launch can mean something different to different people. If you are published traditionally, the launch is the day the book arrives at bookstores. However, being independently published, the launch is a date you decide to launch your marketing for your book. For most independent publishers, the book arrives on Amazon quickly, depending on which on-demand print publishers. With traditional publishing, it is imperative that your launch take place quickly. As little as 10 days of poor sales in the book store, the store may ship it back to the distributor. At that point, your launch has fizzled. Developing your launch plan well in advance is mandatory for a traditionally published book. It is, therefore, wise of indie published authors to get their marketing underway before the book is actually available. Although there are various reasons why this often doesn't happen with indie publishing, there should be some pre-planning. In this book, there are two standard modes of launching your book. This is not a comprehensive step-by-step approach, but it is a beginning place to look at what goes into the launch phase of book publishing.

"When Rusty Went Driving" is a cute book about a tiny Chihuahua named Rusty. It is partially true and partially fictionalized. It's a great book for any Chihuahua lover - adult or children

A collection of stories about labyrinths, peace, and meditation, as well as information about labyrinths.

This book is a collection of stories for all ages. Learn about Quillen Shinn, founder of Ferry Beach Camp and Conference Center over 200 years ago. Laugh at Aunt Twit and the Texas Mosquitos. Experience a kid camp with Willie the Whale. Experience a Banathalon with the Fairies of Ferry Beach. Learn the lessons in stories, such as Musca and the Chalice, Three Wise Unitarians, and Seeds for Pumpkin.

Lights for Luucy is a story about a Unitarian Universalist (UU) girl who wanted to fine a UU celebration for all the fall and winter holidays from Divali to Kwanza. She checks out all her friends' celebrations and then creates her own This is a great multi-cultural story about Hindu, Jewish, Earth-Based/Pagan, Sweedish Traditions, Christian, Kwanzaa, and Unitarian Universalist celebrations.

12 Steps to Publishing: Workbook was designed to help beginning or seasoned writers to go from concept to finished book, plus marketing. This is a workbook, which means it helps you take action after learning what you need to do in response to each of the 12 steps, which include: Get Clear on What You're Writing Establish Writing Habits Learn Good Interviewing Skills What Goes in the Front Pages Learn How to Legally Use Other People's Material in Your Book Copyrighting Your Book Designing Your Book Finishing Your Book Find Your Publishing Mode Creating Your Book Marketing Plan Promotional Quotes and Other Ideas Learn to Publish Your Book Testimonial: Connie Gave Me Direction and Inspiration I have always wanted to write a book, but did not know how and where to start; Connie gave me direction and inspiration. I didn't have the time to work on my two books, a children's book and a gluten free cookbook. I am almost done with the children's book and I am in the reviewing stage with the cookbook. The children's book is published, the cookbook is in the reviewing stage, and I'm working on another book. -Helen Chin Lui

This book was designed for authors to help them create their own timeline for writing, publishing, and marketing their book. Authors will learn how to estimate the time it takes for every process from concept through marketing. You will also discover all the processes involved in developing your book. Building a timeline can help you stay on-track. It will also help you set goals. Breaking down your book project into five major sections can help you keep focused. If you are a Traditionally Published Author, you can use the information in this book to help keep you on time for all your deadlines. If you are an Indie Published Author, this information can help you budget your time wisely and keep you moving through the processes of writing, editing, formatting, publishing, and marketing.

This book teaches you how to illustrate using craft methods rather than fine art. These methods are more reachable for many who want to illustrate their own book. There are four different types of techniques discussed in this book.

Destiny has two grandmas that she loves, but life is changing for her. The Grandmas live 1,500 miles away. Mommy and Daddy have decided not to live together. Destiny is to stay with Dad If that wasn't enough change, Destiny and Dad move to his parent's house in Iowa Will Destiny be able to cope with the changes?

Book, designed to explain the parts of a book within its design, as well as giving information about writing and self-publishing

Self-guided book to creating rituals with Goddesses

You want to write press releases, but you aren't sure how to do that? This book makes the process easy with step-by-step directions, as well as advanced information about how to improve on your writing of press releases to capture your intended audience.

This is a story for all ages about a zebra puppet that was born at Brigham & Women's Infusion Suite. She explains what she does to help patients and nurses.

A Children's Story that retells the Nursery Rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" that tells what really happened when Humpty fell off the wall.