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The Snowy Day(s)
The weather team has predicted up to 30″ of snow in our area over the next couple of days. Naturally this meant crowds at the hardware store (shovels, ice melt, sleds) and the grocery store (hot cocoa...
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Craig Soldinger
About two years after Dad’s death, Craig called me crying. I’d never heard him cry before. He called saying he had stage 3 non-large-cell lung cancer. It was as if a bomb went off in my life....
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From Idea to Bestselling Book
How a little blog went from Stuck in the Muck to Getting unSTUCK. In September 2015, Shira Gura saw a friend’s post on Facebook announcing my new company: Three Gems Publishing. She took a look at my...
View ArticleTruth Bomb
I hear a lot of what-ifs and worries from writers. If you’re thinking about writing a book, you’ve probably had some of these same fears: A fear that people will criticize your book. A fear that people...
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The three things you need in order to write a book.
The three things you need in order to write a book are: Pen and paper or keyboard Start writing. Keep writing. It’s hard to believe. It’s almost too simple to make sense. But it’s true. There is a...
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Write a chapter in a week!
Do you have a great idea for a book, but no time to write it? Or maybe you’ve started the book, but it’s just hanging there over your head, incomplete? Would you love to devote some time and attention...
View ArticleIt takes a village to raise a business!
One year ago I incorporated Three Gems Publishing as a company in Maryland! When I reflect back on the journey that brought me to that place, and has continued for this past year, I am flooded with...
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The wrong website, the wrong car, the wrong house… but never the wrong book.
Have you ever bought something and then decided it wasn’t for you? Maybe a shirt or a sandwich or an on-line class? I’ve done all of the above, but I’ve also bought the wrong car, the wrong house (yes,...
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It’s my birthday, I’ll reflect if I want to.
As it turns out, I do want to reflect a little. One year ago today I announced the publication of my first book, Hypatia Academy. (Here’s a link to it on Amazon in case you don’t have a copy yet.)...
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How the Chicago Cubs Helped Me Write My Book
Congratulations to the Chicago Cubs on their first World Series win in 108 years; and thank you for helping me write my novel! The first advice that most writers get is to write about what you know....
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