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Summoning 6 – Being Present #DoMagick
I got up a bit late this morning so I found myself rushing through the ritual, but I did focus and meditate on what I needed my muse for while in the car on the way to the office. In a recent video, an author friend of mine mentioned a little book called The Practicing Mind by Thomas Sterner. This…
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More Author Mistakes #authorsbehavingbadly #marketingmistakes #cockygate
Ouch! Just when I think I’ve seen all the crazy, bad marketing mistakes out there – along comes another one. These are gold to me. I’m actually teaching a workshop at a writer’s conference in September about cultivating the online writer persona — and THIS will be one of those situations that serves as a bad example of what authors…
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Attention Authors: You’re Killing Me, Smalls… #authorlife #promobasics
I do a lot of work with other authors. After all, collaboration, paying it forward, sharing information and all that – it’s a wonderful thing. Writers are my tribe, and I get excited every time an author friend hits the bestseller list, and I cheer on each new book release as if it were my own. I love you guys.…
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When Life Requires Prioritization #scheduling #spoons
Recently it came to my attention that some folks have mistaken my dedication to my own work, and minding my own business, as not having the time to be bothered with participating in online occult discussions. While I don’t owe anyone an explanation – I think it’s important that I address this because statements like this suggest that maybe I…
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No, Really, I’m Working!!
Earlier today I saw a writer posting about how someone she cohabitates with has decided that she doesn’t really work. Well no, not really. I mean writing, editing, blogging, social networking, texting, and sending emails to people isn’t work. That’s just fucking off. Right? Sadly, she’s not the first writer I’ve met who has been told “Wow, you’re really lazy”…
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business of writing, fun, life, Magick, S. Connolly, Sephira Alchemy, social networking, the writing life
Troll-Baiting: Critics, Haters, and Death Threats
Being a public person isn’t always easy. From pretending everything is great all the time, to watching everything you say lest you be attacked for your alleged political agenda, sometimes you just can’t win in the eyes of public opinion. Especially when it comes to critics and haters, and even trolls. A few weeks back my friend and assistant Frank,…
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Why the Occulture is Poison to Magicians
Last night after I shared an excerpt of my forthcoming novel, a fellow magick practitioner decided to rip me a new one for my Ascending Darkness cover. First, you should probably know the cover depicts a pentacle of Mercury atop the Chaote symbol. So the critic basically told me that my cover artist was horrific because my cover showed ignorance…
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Productivity For Writers – A Few Changes That Can Increase Your Productivity
As I contemplate and research a writer productivity and scheduling workshop I’m hoping to teach next year at the RMFW conference (maybe even as a YouTube video if they decide they aren’t interested in my proposal) I wanted to share a few things I’ve found helpful to boost my productivity, and I want to share a powerful quote from another…
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book signings, book tour, business of writing, education, guest appearances, Publishing, social networking, the writing life
The Introvert Writer at Conferences & Conventions
I am an introvert. I have discussed my introversion previously in this post. Today I read a blog post by fellow introvert writer Ashley Hodges that gives tips to fellow introverts who want to attend writers’ conferences. I kind of have a unique take on conferences and conventions. I did quite a few of them back in the mid 2000’s. There’s a…
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Authors & Identity — Public vs. Private Lives in Social Networking
I keep reading on social media that Facebook is cracking down on anyone with more than one account. Today I ran across a blog from 2010 where the author gets down on Mark Zuckerberg who, back then, was quoted as saying: Having two identities for yourself is an example of a lack of integrity. I had to giggle. I wonder what Zuckerberg…
