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BOOKS BY LAURA LEE:
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"If you plan to read one book this year, I encourage you to consider Find Your Reason to Be Here." Jed Diamond
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- “If you truly want to have more love in your life, you couldn’t find a better gift for yourself, a friend, or a lover...” - Jed Diamond
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Is it time for you to clear out the archaic furniture?
“The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a building filled with archaic furniture. Clean out a corner of your mind and creativity will instantly … Continue reading
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How to believe when the going gets rough
Sorry, I’m been doing a very bad job of keeping you up on the progress of my new book: Find Your Reason to be Here. The reason is simple. This book really took it out of me! First the editing … Continue reading
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Tagged how to survive midlife, mental torture, midlife, midlife success, sales statistics, writing and confidence, writing and self-doubt
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Success at last!
Find Your Reason to Be Here: The Search for Meaning in Midlife is out! This is the research project I have been working on for the past few years, containing important information for boomers, those looking towards midlife and the … Continue reading
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Tagged Find Your Reason to be Here, Laura Lee Carter books, midlife psychology
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My problem with writing groups…
I have been rewarding myself lately for the completion of my third non-fiction book, by reading a GREAT novel! Have you heard about “The Paris Wife” yet? I find it to be the perfect distraction from all the pressure I put … Continue reading
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Tagged can I learn from writing groups?, committed writers, Paula McLain writing, serious writers, The Paris Wife review, writing groups
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The stresses of writing a book
“Those who think they can, and those who think they cannot are BOTH right.” – Henry Ford I just completed the editorial phase of my new book: FIND YOUR REASON TO BE HERE: The Search for Meaning in Midlife. … Continue reading
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Tagged completing your book, Find Your Reason to be Here, midlife and meaning, the editorial process of publishing, The search for meaning in midlife, writing
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Take charge of your creative process!
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” – A.J. Liebling It never fails to amaze … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, freedom of expression, marketing, take control over your creative process, why choose self-publishing?
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My favorite author movie ever!
Just viewed “Miss Potter” for the second or third time. What a lovely holiday tradition along with the Polar Express, of course! Love this portrayal of Beatrix Potter as she sets out to prove the entire world wrong by becoming … Continue reading
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Tagged Best author movie ever, MIss Potter the film, Miss Potter with Renee Zellweger
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The Will to Publish: The Rise of Self-Publishing
“Freedom of the press is only available to those who own one.” They had an interesting segment on self-publishing as the lead story on CBS Sunday Morning yesterday, calling it “The Rise of Self-Publishing.” Unfortunately they only really covered fiction … Continue reading
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Tagged cbs sunday morning, The Rise of Self-Publishing, the will to publish, traditional publishers
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Why none of your writing is wasted!
Here’s is an EXCELLENT discussion of why you need to keep writing!
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Turn your misery into money as a writer!
I was just reminded of an important creative lesson just now by a segment on CBS SUNDAY Morning. Guess where the idea for Woody the Woodpecker came from? An annoying real-life woodpecker that an artist could not get rid of! … Continue reading
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Tagged cbs sunday morning, turn misery into money, woody the woodpecker, woody woodpecker, writing and misery
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