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Learning the Big Story of Little Free Libraries

November 4, 2024 by Janice Beetle 6 Comments

My first memory of discovering a Little Free Library dates back to 2011. 

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Filed Under: All, Books, Inspiration Tagged With: books, library, Little Free Library, reading, Willful Evolution

Is Getting a Book Published as Difficult as Getting a Game Licensed?

October 21, 2024 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

Note: I recently reached out to client Leslie Lawrence for some advice about producing a game. Along with being an author, she has a great deal of experience in marketing games. She and her husband,

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Filed Under: All, Local writers Tagged With: I'm a lucky woman, publishing, publishing a book, self-publish

Old book still has relevant lessons

March 25, 2024 by Janice Beetle 6 Comments

When I was in sixth grade, my paternal grandmother passed away and left me her typewriter. I’d already been writing little stories in the notebook she’d given me when I was six—about my brothers, my

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Filed Under: All, Books, Inspiration Tagged With: editing, finding a voice, The Elements of Style, writing

A conversation with Author Leslie Lawrence

March 12, 2024 by Janice Beetle 6 Comments

Leslie Lawrence was the founder of a marketing and advertising agency in Western Mass before she retired to volunteer and help others in her community in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. A colleague

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Filed Under: All, Books, Business Tagged With: cancer, editing a book, I'm a lucky woman, memoir

A Q and A with Kathryn Mayer Part 2

February 5, 2024 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

I get to know my book authors predominantly by reading their books. Editing Kathryn Mayer’s third book, “The Productive Perfectionist: A Woman’s Guide to Smashing the Shackles of Perfection,” taught

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Filed Under: All, Books, Business Tagged With: author interview, editing, editing a book, nonfiction, Q & A, The Productive Perfectionist: A Woman’s Guide to Smashing the Shackles of Perfection, writing

A Q and A with Kathryn Mayer Part 1

January 22, 2024 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

I met Kathryn Mayer about a year ago, after she was connected to me by Shel Horowitz, a friend and colleague. Shel is a book marketer and editor who helped Kathryn publish her first book and market

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Filed Under: All, Books, Business Tagged With: Q & A, The Productive Perfectionist: A Woman’s Guide to Smashing the Shackles of Perfection

A Q and A with author Kerri Kenning

December 4, 2023 by Janice Beetle 2 Comments

Kerri Kenning contacted me about a year ago because she was interested in writing a memoir and needed a coach to help her get started and stay on track. After a Zoom meeting with Kerri, we partnered

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Filed Under: All, Books, Business Tagged With: author, humor, inspiration, memoir, Q and A

A Conversation with Domenic Ciannella

September 18, 2023 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

Years ago, I featured Domenic Ciannella, M. Div, in a business column I compiled for the Springfield Republican. His business stood out for me because what he offered was pastoral care and grief

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Filed Under: All, Books, Business Tagged With: author interview, client work, grief, nonfiction, self-help book, To Dance With Grief

Author hopes to help people dance through grief into a new normal

August 22, 2023 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

I was introduced to Domenic Ciannella, M. Div, about 10 or 15 years ago. A former hospice chaplain, he was a grief counselor who’d founded a service called Acorn Pastoral Care. He’d also been writing

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Filed Under: All, Books, Business, Grieving Tagged With: client book, editing, grief, mourning, nonfiction, To Dance With Grief

A Q & A with Gerry Hass

April 3, 2023 by Janice Beetle Leave a Comment

Several years ago, I worked with Gerry Hass on his book about the South End Community Health Center. The pandemic prevented him from doing a public reading when his book was published, but he was able

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Filed Under: All, Books, Business Tagged With: book reading, client feedback, client q&a, South End Community Health Center

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