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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Feb 27, 2015
- 2 min
No Excuses: One Star Reviews on Ebooks
Indeed, critical reviews help authors by offering substance, feedback, and credibility. No author with more than five or six reviews has a perfect five star average; someone will always find something imperfect about your work. This is how it should be. Your work should receive a mix of reviews. With one exception: the one star review. If you like a book before you buy it, odds are good you will still like something about the book after you read it. Yes, there are plenty
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Oct 3, 2014
- 2 min
Reblog: What Authors Can Learn From American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, And The Voice
I received this fantastic piece of advice from Marla Madison on BookDaily.com and just had to share it with you: What Authors Can Learn From American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, And The Voice Does the best singer win American Idol or the Voice? Is the most accomplished dancer the winner of the Mirror Ball Trophy on Dancing With the stars? Anyone who is a regular viewer of talent reality shows knows this uncontestable fact: the most talented doesn’t always win. In fact, the
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Sep 17, 2014
- 2 min
Repost: An Example of a Smart Book Promotion
This post on the CreateSpace Community is very helpful for independent authors looking for a smarter way to promote. ———————————— My friend Cathy Livingstone wrote a clever (and useful) book called Bubbe, Mimi & Gigi: The Best Grandmother Name Book Ever. The guide recently received a glowing review ingrandparents section of About.com, which described it as “a perfect gift for a grandmother-to-be and an especially cool way to let a mom know that she’s about to become a grandmo
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Sep 12, 2014
- 2 min
Olive Garden’s Principato Wines Among the Best of the House Wines
May 11th, 2012 The Olive Garden is one of the best known chain restaurants for Italian food. Certainly the television advertisements make the food look spectacular. Indeed, I have always found the food at Olive Garden quite good. One of the best items on the Olive Garden menu is not a food item at all-but their house wines, Principato. Offered as bianco (white), rosato (blush), and rosso (red), Principato wines are perhaps the best reason to dine at Olive Garden. Principato a
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Laurel A. Rockefeller
- Jul 21, 2014
- 3 min
Merida’s “Brave” New World
Originally posted June 26th, 2012, I wrote this review of the movie “Brave” after watching it opening weekend. In the first two weeks of the film’s release, it received an outstanding 5000 hits on Yahoo Voices. Merida’s “Brave” New World Princess Merida and Queen Elinor have a problem: when they speak to one another, neither is truly listening. To Merida, her mother seems like all rules and discipline. To Elinor, her daughter Merida seems reckless and rebellious. Merida does
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