by Karen Smith | Nov 7, 2023 | Blog
Lust in the City 2023 was held Saturday, November 4, at the Comstock Inn & Conference Center in Owosso, Michigan. This second iteration of the event first held last year in East Lansing showed great improvement over the 2022 event, although it wasn’t without...
by Karen Smith | Oct 31, 2023 | Blog
I have established a tradition of taking vacation in late October. During my week of downtime, I unplug from email and social media. I get away from home and don’t bring my laptop computer. I do have my cell phone, but I refrain from glancing at Facebook, X...
by Karen Smith | Oct 17, 2023 | Blog
I received a message over the weekend—you know, those two days during which most folks do not focus on career-related work—from someone who asked to hire me to edit his manuscript then market the book. How flattering! I declined the opportunity. First, the potential...
by Karen Smith | Oct 10, 2023 | Blog
Every really successful author, those who publish via traditional means and those who self-publish, rely on a team to produce quality books. In pursuit of those same goals for success, I can do no less. That means, even though I am not obligated to any traditional...
by Karen Smith | Oct 3, 2023 | Blog
Human life is filled with milestones. Some are arbitrary, like turning a certain age significant to our culture. Some are personal and mean little to anyone else, but common enough that others can relate to to them. This week, my family experienced the end of an era....
by Karen Smith | Sep 26, 2023 | Blog
When it comes to self-publishing, many authors entertain the misconception that the term means “do it all yourself.” Actually, what self-publishing means is that the author publishes his or her own work instead of going through a traditional publisher. A...
