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What Does Your Ripple Look Like?

4/24/2024

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Life can be full of surprises. You accomplish something of which you’re proud, or overcome a particularly difficult obstacle, or figure out a new way to do something. It’s always so satisfying to come out on top.

You wonder if someone else could benefit from your experience. Could your revelation initiate a ripple effect touching lives and guiding someone dealing with a similar situation? Would anyone be interested? In the back of your mind, an idea starts to germinate … Maybe I should write a book about that!

Who knows, your ripple may be just be what another person is seeking. But this brings up another question: What kind of book should you write?

Let’s say you’re a successful business executive who has climbed to the pinnacle of your profession in spite of very humble beginnings and wants to inspire others to never give up.

An autobiography gives you the opportunity to narrate the events and details of your life in a way that will entertain, educate, or inspire the readers. This first-hand account offers an insight into how your experiences shaped you and made you who you are today.

Perhaps you’ve battled cancer or a chronic disease. The rollercoaster ride of good results versus relapses taught you to never give up. You’re proud of yourself for maintaining a positive attitude and persevering through the uncertain courses of treatments.

A memoir documenting your journey from diagnosis to remission would benefit newly diagnosed people to understand the medications, side efforts, and emotional turmoil they will be facing. But more importantly, it will comfort the readers and reassure them that they are not alone.

Or maybe you want to tell the personal story of a lifelong quest searching for the identity of a long-lost relative whose picture you found during an exploration of your grandmother’s attic. Fiction may be a good path for this adventure. Depict yourself as an Indiana Jones type of character, or as a sleuth following the clues in a mystery, or a more historical approach may be appropriate if your relative is rather famous… or infamous.

There are many other niches you can choose such as how-to manuals or even photo journals. It’s up to you how you want to share your story. Choose whichever avenue accommodates your style, and then let your ripple flow around the world.

If you feel a passion for doing this but don’t want to do it alone, you should hire a professional ghostwriter. At Heart Song Ghostwriting, our passion is to help you behind the scenes to put your voice out there so you achieve your dream. Your dream is your heart song. It is the music that lifts you up, spurs you onward. It is our honor to help you give voice to your heart song.
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The Soul Seasons

4/17/2024

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In the fall nature releases its attachment to the fruits of its last growing season. Flowers wilt, and leaves fall. Rather than an ending, it is the necessary preparation for new growth. During winter, the outer visible parts of the plant appear dormant, but beneath the surface, the plant is developing the root system and nourishment for manifesting a new level of growth. In the spring the budding flowers and unfurling leaves spark a joyful remembrance of the beauty and wonder the new season holds in store. When summer comes, there is time to enjoy the fruits of those seasons of preparation.

The seasons of your soul mirror these cycles of nature, and just like in nature, you do not get to linger forever in the sweetness of summer. You must let go of your attachments to where you are and prepare to move onward. These are the cycles of your spiritual growth.

If you're interested in reading my poetic diary, ranging from fourteen years of age until culminating at fifty years of age with my poem titled "The Seasons of My Soul," click on the book image. It is available in both paperback and Kindle.
 
 I wouldn’t begin to pretend that these poems have any value to the literary world because I’m quite sure they don’t. They were simply my way of expressing the emotions that were overtaking me at different times in my life and yet filling me with wonder at other times.
I won’t apologize if their structure falls short because these “poems” were my safety valve—the outlet that let me release my unproductive emotions. They were also the way I was able to express my personal growth when those around me did not see things the same way I did. So, I bless them. . .warts and all!

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Why Would an Entrepreneur Want To Write A Book?

4/10/2024

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As an entrepreneur, why would you want to write a book? Marketing is the primary reason. Putting a book out there on your product or your service places you in the position of being a person with recognized knowledge about the topic. It gives you the opportunity to develop status in your domain. Finally, you can demonstrate your expertise through the content of your book.

The media are always looking for experts, and published books are the first place they go to find them. Promoting books and their authors is a staple of most talk shows. Those in charge of lectures and other speaking engagements also look for those business people who have raised their visibility through publishing.

People rarely talk about a business person or their product/service for very long unless they have a book which can be discussed or shared. If you create a book that has value for others, word of mouth will make it an incredible marketing tool.

Search engines, Amazon – people use these to find out about people like you. Once they find you on a search engine, where do they go from there? If they are trying to understand more about your products or your service, Wikipedia is not going to answer their questions. Your website may not go into enough depth either. What they need is a book filled with your expertise to help them determine if they can use your product or your service.
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A book is a multi-purpose marketing tool. Don’t overlook the possibilities.
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Sparking Kid’s Imagination

4/3/2024

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Think back to your childhood. Do you remember listening to an adult reading Mother Goose nursery rhymes to you? I loved hearing them and was eventually able to recite the short poems about Humpty Dumpty, Jack and Jill, Jack be Nimble, and Hey, Diddle Diddle to whoever would listen.  

Mother Goose was a very good friend of mine. In my imagination, she was real, and I talked to her picture on the cover as I “read” my book. She looked so sweet and was always happy and smiling. Her patience while I created my own versions of her tales is probably why I became and still remain a book lover.

In the sixty-plus years since then, I’ve learned and forgotten many things, but not those beloved rhymes. When I became a preschool and elementary school teacher, Mother Goose entertained those kids during storytime just as she had done for me. I hope my students carried on the ritual with their own kids.

Traditional books, stories, and poems such as Mother Goose may lose some of their popularity with the more modern approach to children’s literature, but they’ll never die out completely. 
With my Patchwork Dog and Calico Cat series, I aim to continue the conventional themes of teaching kids about caring and sharing while entertaining them with humorous and delightful tales.

I want Patchy and Calico to spark their imagination so the early readers can visualize the mischievous dog as he embarks on yet another one of his exciting (mis)adventures, with Calico tagging along to bail her friend out of trouble. Children enjoy the hijinks as their young minds picture the dog and cat performing in a circus, running away from a scary ghost, or tracking down the mysterious gift snatcher.

I want the kids to laugh when Calico tricks her not-so-smart friend into thinking he can fly and then be proud of the silly dog when he finally does zoom through the air.
Along with entertaining their audience with their crazy antics, I hope Patchy and Calico demonstrate how being kind to others and giving presents to your friends can be so much more gratifying than receiving them. 

Will my children’s stories become known worldwide and treasured by generations of children? Short answer – NO.

But I can dream, can’t I?
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Did you become an avid reader as a child? If you have children, do you read to them? If your children are older now, do they still love to read?

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I will read forever because it lets me visit in my mind the worlds that I will never be able to see; it helps me put away the stresses of the day and relax into the rhythm of the story before me; it lets me bring to the surface and experience without regrets those feelings I hide away; it lets me re-experience the thrill of first love through someone else's eyes; it keeps my mind juiced so that it will never desert me; it is always there for me even when there's no one else. I will read forever no matter whether it is print or digital because the words will always call to me. ~ A Sassy Scribbler