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June Ahern - EzineArticles.com Expert Author
June Ahern is a published author of two books. Ahern's debut novel, "The Skye in June," is receiving overwhelming five star reviews. It's about a young Scottish immigrant girl’s struggle with her parents, religion and a haunting secret the two share. The story is set in San Francisco and gives a vivid account of life in "The City" during the 1950s and early 60s. Her first book, "A Professional Psychic Reading as Alternative Counseling,"was ... [More]
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- Seeing is Believing
[Self-Improvement:Coaching] The world is busy. What we want often becomes clouded with the constant images and sounds of the world surrounding us. Our goals too often fall by the wayside. A most important key to successfully fulfilling goals is a clear vision of it. Easy to say, not always easy to attain. Still, you can do it because you already know how. As a child you drew, colored and pasted pictures to create stories. That's what a vision is, a story of where you are going.
- Psychic Compass
[Reference-and-Education:Psychic] How you approach a psychic reading can make it a worthwhile experience or not. You can set the tone by pointing the reader in the right direction. Preparing before you go to your reading is important.
- How Do Readers Do It?
[Reference-and-Education:Psychic] As a psychic reader I am often asked "how do you know that?". There are various ways a reader receives psychic impressions and messages and they are through sight or vision, hearing and feeling. I will address each below.
- Can You Hear Me Now?
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Thoughts create experiences and attract others who contribute to our life goals, loves, pains and joys -- adventures. Clear controlled thoughts sent and received are called telepathy and it is the easiest to understand ESP ability. It's not uncommon to experience and in fact, is a daily occurrence. Telepathy, the transference of thoughts, can be strengthened through education and used at will. But at times even your knowledge and will won't work at times as your telepathic messages break up in the cosmic airwaves.
- Author Limb Stretch
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] Books don't sell books. Authors sell books. This piece of marketing advice was given to me upon the release of my first fictional novel almost a year ago. Taking it seriously, I practiced reading excerpts from my book and scheduled plenty of events. Quickly I learned that what the listeners seem to enjoy most was when I spoke the characters' lines, particularly the Scottish ones. Since the dialogue is the attention grabber, and because the story was originally written as a screenplay, I stepped further out on the book-marketing limb by planning a somewhat word-for-word event. A word-for-word is a book reading presented as a play.
- Happiness Runs in a Circular Motion
[Reference-and-Education:Psychic] Do we attract experiences or do we create them? When you know communicate effectively you know when to talk and how to listen. But successful communication doesn't happen only on the physical level. Much of what you are saying and hearing happens mentally.
- Slowly We Turn, Step by Step
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] When first hitting the book road I had the usual big plan to have my book in many bookstores. I quickly learned that to stay enthusiastic about the challenging selling process that I'd my plan needed a strong supportive strategy.
- I See What You Mean
[Self-Improvement:Spirituality] Do you practice and apply the law of attraction to your life? If so, you'll want to strengthen your telepathic abilities for more successful outcomes.
- Words Capture Reader's Mind and Heart
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Writers will often use their characters' dialogue to tell the story. It can be the thoughts of a character or a conversation between two or more. Dialogue sets the story's tone, advances the plot and can be used to describe characters.
- Writer Ego in Tact More Or Less
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Does your writing bring you a sense of fulfillment and support? Or, does it challenge or hurt your self image? Will sharing your writing heal or damage you? Once we put the written word out for eye views, our egos become vulnerable to the words of others. Like falling in love, shall one be well received and rejoice in a coupling? Or, shall one be rejected? Have faith in self.
- Reality Check - Budget It
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] To sell your book you'll have to spend money. This is the cold hard facts. Forewarned is forearmed. Start saving before your book is out.
- Authors Get Out - Out!
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] We writers, know that our work, our book, has to get out to the eyes of the public awaiting our fine writings. Out onto bookstore shelves so a ton of books sell. That's our aim.
- Here a POD, There a POD
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] Bookstores don't often cater to POD authors - not all bookstores though. I've been quite lucky in the Bay Area to have indie bookstores embrace me, though not too tightly. Bookstores aren't the only place people shop.
- Authors - Speak Up, Please!
[Writing-and-Speaking:Writing] Authors, if you're not accustomed to speaking in public it's time to prepare for that experience. If you're going to sell your book you'll need to talk it up at book readings and hopefully on radio and television. As it is said in the writing industry, People sell books; books don't sell on by themselves.
- Tootin' the Writers' Horn
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] The time will come when staying cloistered in your bedroom with your manuscript has come to an end. That is if you are serious about selling your book. It's time to pump it up, pull up the bootstraps and head on out, books under each arm, and find your audience. This is the way of the published writer.
- Platforms for Authors
[Writing-and-Speaking:Book-Marketing] Before publishing your book develop your platform, as it can be very helpful for selling your book. I stand on my platform as I share my newly released debut novel. The platform my feet are planted on has become a good vantage point for attracting a wider audience.
- Full Of Hope And Fear - The Unknown Author Braves Publishing
[Writing-and-Speaking:Publishing] We all have a story of sorts to tell. Some storytellers are better at it than others. Those are the ones we love to listen to or read their tales. Not all storytellers in print will be on the world's best selling list -- still, a good story is entertainment and then there's self-publishing. The tale of the pain and joy of it.
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