When editing author’s chapters or short stories, I often see writers leaning into smart banter or dialouge to show character to keep the story going. After all, how many of you actually read the descriptions, right? But the fact is, when you first start writing stories, it’s easy to lean on dialogue. After all, conversations feel natural. They move the…
Do you even need an editor? What types of editing are there? How do I know if someone is right to work with? Here are the answers and here are all the reasons why you need it more if it is a multicultural book… “I can edit my own book!” So many people I know do not even know the…
Do you dream of getting your children’s book published? Don’t know where to start, what to do? Here is a list of things you can keep in mind that go into publishing your very own children’s book. Feel free to email me at contact@raisingworldchildren.com or follow me on -> Instagram here for daily tips and inspiration through this lonesome but…
I have a lot of regrets. Oh. No regrets akin to skeletons buried in the backyard. A couple in a closet, maybe! These are the kind of silly things that I obsess over every few months. Things from my past that I have no control over anymore. Events that I wonder today were even real in any sense. The intentions…
I have felt it often and I know of many mothers who feel it a lot of times. Specially if your are not an “earning member”. Feeling that you are not worthy because you do not have a steady income. You see others around you bringing in money and wonder if you are doing your part. Not just towards your…
It’s human nature. We don’t value things till they are too little or gone. And one of the most undervalued things is time. When you are a creative person whose trying to juggle kids, family and home; it is paramount that we put assess every single minute and use it to our biggest advantage. As people, it is very easy…
Juggling kids and a business is hard. We are constantly torn between prioritizing one over the other. And it is nerve racking because it is very easy to get lost in the drive to succeed at what we are doing. Our business/passion can quite fully encompass us and our senses. Before we know it, we get carried away with the…
“How do you manage your writing schedule with your kids around?” This is something I am asked often. If you are a parent who is at home full time and following a passion, this is something I’m sure you struggle with. Specially, if you are in the beginning stages of exploring your creative facets. But first some back ground on…
The whole reason I started writing seriously a couple of years ago was to learn to slowly balance work , home and family life. The reality though was highly unsettling. As I grew from a freelance writer into a full fledged entrepreneur I realized it was going to be a uphill battle. Every time I started a new venue of my…
As a 14 year old working on a novel on her first computer, my only ambition was to become a writer. Fast forward – after years of blogging off and on, and five years of enjoying motherhood in all its glory, I’m now living my childhood dream – writing. I’m a contributor to popular publications and am starting a magazine of my…