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Boost Your Writing Career with Short Stories – Here’s How

by MKMarketing | May 17, 2013 | Best Writer Tips, For the love of writing, Your highest potential

Writing a novel is time-consuming, let’s agree? At no other period in my ten years of professional writing have I been so down-in-the-trenches with one project, (My work-in-progress, RADIO HEAD). I love it, it’s my dream come true. but I’ll admit...

Kill Writer’s Block Now: The Fast Track to Creativity Starts Here

by MKMarketing | Apr 24, 2013 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, For the love of writing, Your highest potential

Staring at a blank page? No me, my friend; I’m already off and writing this blog post, charmed by the prolific Charles Bukowski, “Writing about writer’s block is better than not writing at all.” (The Last Night of the Earth Poems) Garnering the...

What Was Your Childhood Dream? Dare to Let Go And Grow

by MKMarketing | Sep 20, 2012 | For the love of writing, Short stories, Your highest potential

Three decades stand between me and a little wish I’d had a child. For most little girls, ballet tutus hold an inescapable allure, swishing like a soft summer breeze over long grass, impossibly layered mille-feuille, delicate and delicious. I wanted one. And the...

Food, glorious food. NEW Studies promoting red wine and chocolate for unexpected uses

by MKMarketing | Aug 22, 2012 | Your highest potential

One of my favorite phenomenons is an unexpected stroke of brilliance from a most unlikely source. A couple of awesomesauce items came out of the 244thNational Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society. I picture with suspicion such conferences...

The Dark Knight, Michael Uslan, and Achieving Your Goals

by MKMarketing | Jul 31, 2012 | Best Writer Tips, Your highest potential

“They started so young,” thwarted competitors lament, when a young phenom bursts on the scene and quickly claims the highest rewards. We’ve all been awe-inspired by at least one, maybe a fresh-faced 17-year-old swimmer from Colorado earning a gold...
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