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Life as a freelance writer, writing advice, e-publishing and small press news and information, books and authors, the musings and random thoughts of writer and editor Lillie Ammann

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  • Let’s End Domestic Violence

    Posted on Saturday October 24th, 2009 at 09:00 in interesting, domestic violence, domestic violence awareness month

    As part of my efforts through the Million Voices Campaign, I am sharing information and resources about domestic violence during Domestic Violence Awareness Month. You will find many startling statistics on the Web site of the National Domestic Viole...

  • Podcast at Bluestocking Guide

    Posted on Monday October 5th, 2009 at 01:11 in interesting

    On my blog book tour for Dream or Destiny, The Bluestocking Guide interviewed me on a podcast. The interview is posted again on The Bluestocking Guide for Domestic Violence Month. Bluestocking was a domestic violence victims’ advocate, and we...

  • World Alzheimer’s Day: Wear Purple

    Posted on Monday September 21st, 2009 at 01:33 in interesting, alzheimer's

    Today is World Alzheimer’s Day, and the Alzheimer’s Asociation is asking people to get involved to end this terrible disease. I know there are many horrific diseases that destroy the body, and watching someone deteriorate from cancer an...

  • Happy Labor Day

    Posted on Monday September 7th, 2009 at 00:39 in interesting, labor day

    Hope you’re enjoying family, friends, fun, and food this Labor Day weekend. Labor Day began as a holiday for workers who were union members. Today it’s a holiday for all us: union workers on the assembly line, nonunion workers in the dis...

  • Socialnomics

    Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 01:10 in interesting, future, social media, socialnomics

    Amazing, if true. Related Posts:Isaiah 53: The Suffering ServantPowerful Witness: Saving a Life and a SoulWay of the CrossInternational Day of Prayer for the Persecuted ChurchThat's My King...

  • WhoHub Interview

    Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 07:30 in interesting, interviews, whohub

    Do you like reading interviews of creative and entrepreneurial people? WhoHub has more 18,000 interviews online in a number of categories. You can read individual interviews, including my interview, or you can read answers to specific questions from...

  • Shadow Forest Authors

    Posted on Friday June 5th, 2009 at 02:26 in charity, interesting, literacy, shadow forest authors

    Most authors support literacy programs for two major reasons. First, the altruistic reason: illiteracy is a huge problem for the people who can’t read and for society in general. In the US, according to the Education Portal: 50 percent of adul...

  • Happy Valentine’s Day

    Posted on Saturday February 14th, 2009 at 06:59 in interesting, valentine's day

    Happy Valentine’s Day to my readers. I hope each of you enjoys a day filled with love, joy, and pampering. Related posts:Happy birthday, Liz Strauss and Successful Blog! Although it’s late in the day, I want to wish...Happy Birt...

  • The Knight-League Scholarship

    Posted on Friday February 13th, 2009 at 04:33 in interesting, writing competition, young writers, knight-league scholarship

    A reader e-mailed me and asked me to help spread the word about the Knight-League Scholarship, a writing competition for high school seniors that will award three $5,000 scholarships. Holly Alonis wrote: I write to you as an online liaison for the LE...

  • Freelance Writers Appreciation Week

    Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 11:55 in interesting, freelance writers appreciation week

    Just like last year, Kristen King at Inkthinker brought Freelance Writers Appreciation Week to my attention. Visit her blog this week to read posts about what she appreciates about being a freelance writer. I appreciate many things about being a free...

  • The Two Stone Tablets of the Testimony

    Posted on Wednesday February 4th, 2009 at 11:51 in interesting, ten commandments, hashem artworks, two stone tablets

    Aundrea Hernandez, designed the header for my blog as well as covers for Dream or Destiny and for several clients’ books. Last fall, she asked if she could refer a client who needed a Web site. Although I generally create Web sites for my au...

  • Religious Freedom Day

    Posted on Friday January 16th, 2009 at 18:19 in interesting, religious freedom day

    photo credit: rubberpaw  President Bush has proclaimed today, January 16, 2009 as Religious Freedom Day. The proclamation states in part: I call on all Americans to reflect on the great blessing of religious liberty, endeavor to preserve this freedo...

  • Another Chance for Christmas Giving

    Posted on Sunday December 14th, 2008 at 03:16 in charity, interesting, christmas, salvation army

    In case you missed my post on Christmas giving, here’s another chance to drop something into the bright red kettle to support the great work of the Salvation Army. Dynamic fundraising meter for your Red Kettle campaign. Related post...

  • Christmas Giving

    Posted on Monday December 8th, 2008 at 04:01 in gifts, interesting, kiva, christmas, salvation army, books and writing

    As a writer, I’d love for you to give my novel Dream or Destiny to everyone on your Christmas list who enjoys mystery or romance novels. For other genres, I recommend books by my clients and books by authors who have visted my blog. You may...

  • Right Brain/Left Brain

    Posted on Saturday August 9th, 2008 at 12:54 in interesting, brain test, left brain right brain

    I saw a link on Robin Lee Hatcher’s Write Thinking to this test to determine whether you use your left brain or your right brain most. The right brain relates to creativity, the left brain to logic and organization. Writing requires right brai...

  • Job Search: Part 2—Cover Letters

    Posted on Tuesday July 29th, 2008 at 06:06 in interesting, job search, cover letters

    When I wrote the post about writing a resume, I did not intend to create a series. That post has become the most popular I’ve written. Part of the popularity, of course, came about because the post was part of a group writing project and was ...