Get Discovered!! Writing opportunity and Writing Contest

With vacation time in full swing this week we’re going to share a few lighter things. There will only be two postings as July 4th is a holiday here in the US. For my international readers you may email me with pressing questions or participate in this week’s webinar [sign up for Writing Career Coach Playbook and select ‘webinars’ to receive the special announcement that is coming.]

Today I want to remind you that we are approaching the final day where you can sign up to be a writer for Examiner.com and give the person who referred you a bonus. [See the full benefits by reading the original article here] The deadline is June 30th so if you’ve been thinking about it, and haven’t, do it today and let them know I sent you. I’ve been on examiner about a month and have had over 1,000 page views there alone. Not bad for building a new market!

A few people have taken advantage of it. Check out their articles! Jennifer AlLee. Read her article about the Vegas book festival’s search for authors.

And Ronald Thibeault, the Atlanta Protestant Examiner. His series of articles includes a book review. Check it out here.

Check out this announcement of a contest. Last year two people who entered SOLD their MS!!

The countdown for the 2009 Launching A Star contest has begun! You won't want to miss your chance to enter this terrific contest where last year's acquiring editors and agents requested an amazing 10 manuscripts, resulting in at least two sales.

This year, we've added new categories – Romantic Suspense, Inspirational and Novellas – in our efforts to bring you the most value for your contest dollars.

To enter, submit the first chapter (25 page max) of your romance in any of our nine categories. All first round judges (2 per entry, one trained, one published in romance) will provide constructive comments on every entry. Two industry professionals (one agent and one editor) will judge each category in the final round.

Complete details and entry forms are available on the STAR Chapter website: http://www.authorsofromance.com/

But hurry! You must send your entry in no later than September 5th. Launching a Star 2009

Sponsor: SpacecoasT Authors of Romance Chapter (STAR)

Fee: $25-$30, SASE

Please Note: The deadlines listed in RWR are incorrect. The correct deadlines are: Deadline: Post-marked by September 5th, Received by September 12th
E-deadline (for non-US residents only): Emailed by September 5th, received by September 6th.
Eligibility: Unpublished or not PAN Eligible
Enter: The first 25 pages. No synopsis.
First round judges: One trained; one published.
Final round judges: One editor and one agent for each category
Single Title – Editor Selina McLenmore, Grand Central;
Agent Becca Stumpf, Prospect Agency
Romantic Suspense – Editor Sara Goodman, St. Martin's;
Agent Kimberly Whalen, Trident Media
Inspirational – Editor Natalie Hanemann, Thomas Nelson;
Agent Rachelle Gardner, WordServe Agency
Historical – Editor Talia Platz, NAL; Agent Elizabeth
Pomada, Larsen-Pomada Agency
General Paranormal: Editor Heather Osborne, TOR; Agent
Laurie McLean, Larsen-Pomada Agency
Fantasy/Futuristic: Editor Meredith Giordan, Berkley/Jove;
Agent Deidre Knight, The Knight Agency
Series Contemp: Editor Susan Litman, Harlequin Special
Edition; Agent Michelle Grajkowski, 3 Seas Agency
Young Adult: Editor Kristen Daly, HarperCollins; Agent
Elaine Spencer, The Knight Agency
Novellas: Editor Angela James, Samhain; Agent Roberta
Brown, Brown Literary Agency

Prizes: Star named in honor of overall contest winner; Engraved paperweights for all First Place in category; Certificates for all finalists
FMI: http://www.authorsofromance.com/

So, enjoy your leisurely summer but don’t pass up on these great opportunities.

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at http://www.writingcareercoach.com/
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website.
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog.
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.

Preparing for Change: part 2

Tuesday, I talked about the June 21, 2009 posting on Chip MacGregor’s blog where he talked about some of the changes he foresees in publishing in 5 years. In part 1, I talked about the ideas of Convergence and the growing popularity with electronic readers. Today we’re going to look at the 8th change Chip expects: Our culture's fascination with short messages on Facebook and Twitter will mean a renewed interest in short stories.

Chip says that this is something he really hopes will happen. When I consider his rationale I think it is a logical assumption. With our increasingly literate society [I call it microliterate because of the fascination with short bursts of information] I think short stories will become very popular. Furthermore, the rise of music videos that have become more “mini-movies” than simply videos of the singers performing, will make short stories even more appealing to younger readers [this coming from a GenXer].

I also wonder if along with a growth of short stories if we’ll begin to see novels composed of a series of short stories rather than chapters. It is an interesting idea.

Consider again the implications of these changes to your marketing strategy and take the time to go read Chip’s full blog posting.

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at http://writingcareercoach.com/contact.htmlTiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog.She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

Preparing for change: part 1

Last weekend Chip MacGregor posted a fascinating blog about where he thinks publishing will be in 5 years. Rather than the usual list of non-information you can find on some blogs, this posting is very thought provoking. Over the next couple of posts I want to comment on three of Chip’s points. I urge you to go back and read the entire blog to get a full understanding of all the changes he sees ahead.

Chip’s 1st point: “You will own an electronic reader.”

The reason I found this idea so striking is the multiple marketing channels that are available when you consider instant gratification in book reading. While it offers authors the opportunity to sell their books online through their own website [and have the reader see them instantly] it calls in to question current marketing practices like book signings, influencer copies [that are then passed along to other readers who become fans] and sales based on scanning the shelves.
On the positive side, it can also mean an increase in impulse buying.

Chip’s 4th point: “The concept of convergence will jump from newspapers and magazines to books.”

This is a really neat concept that I hope comes soon. This is having links, video, audio and bonus footage in the electronic books. I love the bonus features available on DVDs and many smart authors have recognized the benefit of bonus chapters or other special gifts on their website, but to have an ‘interactive book’ is awesome. When I consider the kinds of things that are possible with this technology my creative and marketing centers of my brain start doing flip flops. In fact, I can hardly wait 5 years to see some books using this. I can’t wait to use my creativity to maximize this technology with my own book.

Friday we will look at his 8th point. Make sure you go over and read his post, comment on my blog and then come back Friday to talk more.
So, if either of these are the future of book publishing, how do you need to start adjusting your marketing strategy and your platform development so you’re prepared to maximize your book sales?

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at http://writingcareercoach.com/contact.htmlTiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog.She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

Under promise, over deliver

This weekend I took some time to listen to the teachings of a man [Dan Stratton] who formerly held a seat on the New York Mercantile exchange and grew from humble Midwest roots to going to Yale and earning a seven figure income. While that may be impressive, what impresses me most about him is his ability to not allow the cut-throat nature of the pits on Wall Street to make him cut corners or cheat.

In the discussion I was listening to he was focusing on integrity in our business dealings. He said at one point, and I’m paraphrasing, under promise and over deliver.

This struck me because a writer’s group I’m a part of had recently spent some time commenting on the lackluster performance of some books. This led to a rousing conversation on the strengths and weaknesses of certain books. It makes you cringe as an author. You wonder, “Is that what someone will say about my writing?”

I think these disappointments are even more prominent when expectations are raised beyond an author’s ability to deliver. There is a tendency to try to make our writing stand out, but it is done using compelling language that whets the appetite [good] and raises the expectations of a work artificially high [not good].

While I always encourage you to write the best possible hook, [see def. below] I don’t want you to become so obsessed that your hook over promises your craft. The hook should be the same flavor of the book and set the tone for the story.

Likewise, in your business, make sure that you can do what it is that you promise. Don’t get in over your head. All of us have unforeseen circumstances [the fact that my 6 year old daughter was up at 5:15am today with a very high temperature is the one in my life], but we should always plan them in to our work schedule. I set every Thursday as a “catch-up” day. I schedule little or nothing on that day in terms of work. If I am behind in projects, I can catch up. If I am caught up I can do Friday’s work [and get a 3 day weekend…unlikely] or spend time on my own projects [more likely].

By only promising what you can reasonably accomplish you will build a reputation of integrity and a happy clientele/ readership.

Hook=a short sentence or couple of sentences meant to grab the attention of a reader, editor or agent. You will also sometimes see this in reference to the opening of a book to. Ex. “The book opened with a strong hook.”

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at www.WritingCareerCoach.com
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog.
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

A popular series returns!

After a six week break I have begun to post the final chapters of my Daphne du Maurier Award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow". The entire book has been archived and two chapters will be posted each week [on Tuesdays and Fridays] with the next chapter going up on Friday.

A note to writers who want to be published. I have posted this manuscript in its entirety because I decided not to publish it. Many writers have sought to get their start in publishing by putting completed works [poems, articles, chapters of books or even full books] online. With the changing publishing rules most publishers will view a book as PUBLISHED once it has posted online. Therefore, do not duplicate my idea unless you never intend to resell or publish the work.

I decided to put this book up in its entirety because it was something I wrote more than 3 years ago and I was ready to move on to new projects.

Many people have read this book since I began posting it late last year. I encourage you to read and enjoy it but also to use it as a lesson. Feel free to think of how you might have written a scene better. What plot twists might you have added or taken out? [Just don't send them to me. ;-) ]

So, take some time to do some free reading and have fun with it.

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at www.WritingCareerCoach.com
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog.
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

How do I get there from here?

Napoleon Hill wrote his classic book "Think and Grow Rich" not knowing that it would continue to be read and studied decades later. For him it was simply a matter of recording the wisdom of others.

He not only took the time to listen to people who knew something, but he also took the effort to apply what he'd learned.

We have a large amount of information available to us now. Even 10 years ago the internet wasn't what it is today. However, you must discern the information that will help you at each juncture. That means you need to know where you're headed.

Many of my new coaching students begin with a question like "How do I get published?" or "Is my book publishable?"

It begins with learning from other people. That is why I spend so much time reading and sharing recommended books with you. The next step is always application.

"BUT WHERE DO I START?"

I will have to defer to the Wizard of Oz on this one. Dorothy was given a yellow brick road to follow. It clearly led her through scary lonely times and it led her though wonderful happy times. The key to why it led her was that she knew where she needed to go. She knew her ultimate goal was the Emerald City. She listened to the advice of someone who knew more than her [the Good Witch of the North] and started excited [The Munchkins--your other writer friends].

Once Dorothy knew where she was headed she kept going. That is what we must do. We must keep pushing forward...

To a clear goal.

So, on this Monday think about your goals and set some clear ones. What is it you're working towards? What is your Emerald City?

If you don't know that you're simply wandering around paths and running back to Munchkin land every time you start to question yourself.

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at www.WritingCareerCoach.com
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog.
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

How to apply the great ideas you learn

Yesterday I talked about the stickiness factor in marketing. If you didn't read that blog go back now and do it. You can click the link here.

So, what does the stickiness factor tell us. How can we apply it to marketing our own writing. This will require some thought because each person will be different [if not, what is there to attract someone to you rather than to me?]

Think about this a minute. What did I do in the blog yesterday to increase your likelihood of reading the article I suggested. I included a link.

What did I do to increase the sales at my garage sale? Had a bag sitting in each box of clothes.

One thing I didn't include yesterday was that EVERY person thought it was a great deal. Two or three people called others on their cell phone to let them know about my great deal. Countless people decided to purchase when they hadn't planned on it ["For 25 cents I can give them away if they don't fit."] and two people actually gave me double the amount due "because it was a such a huge bargain".

I want you to seriously consider what lessons for your own marketing efforts you can glean from these examples. There is a wealth of information you can learn from this. What small change to your blog, website or marketing would draw more readers to you? It isn't an easy question. I had to experiment a few times on Saturday with the placement of the bags until I found that actually putting them in the boxes full of clothes made them sell. You will have to experiment a bit with your own marketing efforts until you find what works.

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at www.WritingCareerCoach.com
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog. [http://tiffanycolter.blogspot.com]
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

Small steps to increase your readership

Since reading The Tipping Point, I have begun to look at the way I reach out to my target market differently. The premise of the book is that a series of small action or small changes can cause something to take off [or suddenly stop]. One of the 'pillars' of the theory is called stickiness. It is essentially how responsive a person will be to a particular idea. Will they follow through.

What do I mean by "follow through?" I mean, will they go the next step to buy the book? Will they check out the next blog? Will they act on your recommendation or will they simply say "Wow, I should do that."

Consider this. I wrote a series on increasing your readership at my Examiner.com articles page. If you google my name and Examiner you should be able to find it. Many of you have read my articles before there, so it will be fairly easy for you to find. A few clicks at most.

But I also wrote a quick article on doing book reviews of other books to increase your own book sales. This is the link to it.

How many of you clicked over [or just decided you'd click over as soon as you finished reading this post?] I didn't really do anything differently. The content was equally helpful. In fact, the stories I didn't link to were SEVEN DIFFERENT ARTICLES each providing help from books I read. The book review article included some information from a single source, but it also contained a bit more analysis of the information from me. You were likely to read one quick article than seven articles that would require you to google.

That small step increased your likelihood to read my article.

I tested this theory further at my garage sale Saturday. I was selling a large amount of clothes my kids had outgrown for 25 cents a bag. For the first hour we sold them and did fairly well. People were excited to hear about the deal and most filled a bag.

Then we next separated the kids sizes by the box. Each box had its own size. Most people bought a bag or two that way too...but we were getting more people filling two bags.

Then we laid bags in each box. When a person came up we said "The clothes are 25 cents a bag. As many as you can stuff in there." You know what happened? People started buying 2-3 bags full.

There were only VERY small changes in each scenario.

Think about this and consider how this may affect your marketing. Tomorrow I will analyze this a bit further and tell you how you can use this to grow your own writing.

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at www.WritingCareerCoach.com
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog. [http://tiffanycolter.blogspot.com]
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

Do you own it?

I've been trying to think for quite some time about how to project this concept to you. It is something that, once you fully grasp it, will completely change the way you approach your writing. For this reason I have spent more than a week looking at this idea from every possible angle.

Before I lay it out, however, how did you do this week with those 3 things you wanted to accomplish? Did you get them done? Did you exceed your expectations or did you make excuses and fall behind? These questions really are foundational to what I want to share today.

Let me return to the question: Do you own it?

Do you own your writing? Do you really see yourself as a professional writer [or even as someone who is working on becoming a professional writer]? I'm really not sure that most of you do because if you did you'd take that $3,000 you lost in May a LOT more seriously.

Really, I mean it. If you have so much cash that you can keep throwing money in the fire place and not miss it, PLEASE send some of it my way. I'd put it to good use.

Honestly, I hate to think of the thousands of dollars most of you have lost this year...and last year.

The money I'm referring to is the royalties, cash advances and article income you WOULD be earning if you put the consistent effort in to writing instead of piddling with it a little at a time. There comes a time in every author's life where they must face a hard truth-If you REALLY believed you could earn money as a writer you'd spend time writing instead of watching the Partridge Family Rerun Marathon [or whatever it is you waste your time on]. You'd listen to books on CD. You'd read books while waiting in your car. You'd scribble plot outlines on the back of the paper place mats at your favorite restaurant. You'd submit SOMETHING to SOMEONE each and every week.

In short, you'd do everything a professional writer does because the only way you're going to get there is if you do what they do-even before you get that "phone call".

So it all comes down to your belief in yourself and your expectation of success. Are you going to spend another $1,000 this year to attend a writer's conference, get pumped up and then do nothing with it? Are you going to sign up to take advantage of Writing Career Coach's coaching program-and not do the lessons? Are you going to buy another book thinking that spending the money-without reading the book-will somehow make you a better writer?

It's not about knowing the right names, owning the right books or linking to the right blogs. Being a successful writer is about consistency and growth. It is about getting mad enough at losing that $3,000 book deal this month that you'll put even more work in to it next month. It is about possessing the goal-not just hoping for it. It is about taking responsibility for the results instead of making excuses for the failure.

It is about owning the dream to the point that not accomplishing it costs you something. It is about seeing publication as rightfully yours and then working to bring your vision to reality.

So, do you own it? Does the dream own you? Are you willing to earn it?

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at www.WritingCareerCoach.com
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog. [http://tiffanycolter.blogspot.com]
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

How are you approaching transition?

It is no secret that publishing is in a state of transition not unlike what many businesses were going through in the 70s and 80s as computers really began to become a part of the mainstream. Furthermore, technology is opening opportunities for increased growth and exposure.

Transitions are hard but how you approach them will determine your success.

In the book "Good to Great" the author examines a number of businesses that out performed the market and others within their specific industry. Their research focused on businesses that sustained their strong position for at least 15 years so that the overall culture of the company could be examined, not simply a single strong leader. One of their findings has important implications for today's writers.

The authors of the study found that the businesses that were able to grow and succeed-nay OUTPERFORM their competition and the stock market as a whole-had some fundamental similarities. One of them was their willingness to test changes in the market and adapt based on findings. In one example A and P was compared to Kroger. These are two grocery stores that had been around for nearly 100 years at the time of the transition. Both began to find in the 60s and 70s that people were increasingly interested in super stores. A&P saw those findings, didn't like what they found, and became obselete. Kroger on the other hand saw the findings, made adjustments and outperformed all competitors in their industry for more than 15 years. By 1999 they were the #1 grocery store chain.

How many writers are beginning to see changes from the way writing and publishing has been done for years? What have you done to adapt based on your findings?

"But I'm not published yet. I don't need to change." I would say that you likely need to change something much deeper than a marketing plan. You must change your expectations. You must recognize that publication with a royalty publishing house is not the magic that will transform your life from employee to superstar. Also, you need to learn that the mystery surrounding the industry a decade or two ago is now gone. Readers expect to connect with the authors on a much more personal level. Are you prepared for that? Do you have the discipline required to work like that.

Also, what false expectations have you held on to? What is your goal of publication? When Kroger realized their identity as a smaller grocery store would have to change fundamentally to include prescriptions, flu shots, fresh baked bread and grills they didn't have to change a single mind, they had to change a locomotive that had been plugging along for nearly a century. They had to listen to "but this is the way we've always done it". Despite that they did make the change. They brought their employees along willingly by showing real results. They brought their customers along by showing they were listening.

Would you like to be the best at what you do? Then it will involve not only building strong craft but implementing a strategy that is in tune with current market realities.

For more on this topic read the book "Good to Great".

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at www.WritingCareerCoach.com
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog. [http://tiffanycolter.blogspot.com]
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]

Lather, Rinse, Repeat

As I said on Friday, the key to reaching success is simply taking steps. A few of you posted in the comment section what your weekend goals were and some of you emailed me to let me know privately, but other people wrote to tell me that weekends are times when they take a break from writing.

I respect that. I don't want any "9-5" writers to feel left out so I've decided that we are going to repeat our accountability for this week, however I'm going to modify it a bit. Write down the top 3 things you want to be SURE to accomplish this week. I don't want the whole weeks to do list but simply those few things that simply must be accomplished this week to keep you on track with your writing.

I will begin:

This week I need to do some market research for my speaking.
This week I need to turn in 10 articles that are due.
This week I need to finish outlining my latest book and write the first chapter.

We won't do this every week but it is a useful exercise to give an extra push periodically. In fact, I have spent a great deal of time over these last few weeks reading books for Writing Career Coach. These books will be the foundation of some upcoming blogs. These will focus on the things that successful businesses did to create lasting success in their individual businesses. It will also look at ways to help increase your readership by learning how to connect with your main readers. There are some exciting nuggets to share. I hope you'll join us, link to us and digg us.

And feel free to share your thoughts with us. We'd love to hear from you.

And everyone that posted their goals on Friday, how did you do?

Tiffany Colter is a writer, speaker and writing career coach who works with beginner to published writers. She can be reached through her website at www.WritingCareerCoach.com
Tiffany is a speaker and teacher. Find out about available topics for your group's next event.
Tiffany is a National Examiner. Read her articles here.
Learn more about Tiffany's Marketing techniques on her main blog.
Common-sense money management is free at The Balanced Life website. [www.TheBalancedLife.com]
Read Tiffany's award winning manuscript "A Face in the Shadow" on her fiction blog. [http://tiffanycolter.blogspot.com]
She writes a blog for the Christian writer Tuesdays at Writer's Rest.[http://writersrest.blogspot.com]