by LaurenMarieFleming | Oct 25, 2017 | My story., The business side of a writing career.
Do you know the price of a fifty-pound bag of onions? For 40+ years my dad has grown the sweetest onions on the planet. Available only ten weeks out of the year, Imperial Sweet Onions are bursting with flavor but lack that pungent bitterness that brings tears to your...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Oct 14, 2017 | Courses, Tell your story., The business side of a writing career., Writing tips and tools.
Are you tired of busting your hump for a thankless desk job? Do you long for alarm-free mornings with afternoons spent in a cafe, writing at your leisure? Do you dream of financial and creative success but are overwhelmed with how to get there? For years,...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Oct 9, 2017 | The business side of a writing career., Writing tips and tools.
The hardest part of getting started with a writing career is knowing where to submit your ideas. With this list, you no longer have that problem! Not sure how to pitch a magazine your idea? Here are some good rules of thumb to follow when you’re pitching: Know...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Oct 3, 2017 | The business side of a writing career., Travel, Writing tips and tools.
When I tell people I need to travel, they look at me like I told them I need to eat diamonds for breakfast. Sadly, traveling has this reputation for being luxurious, out of reach even. Something you do when you’re young and stupid or old and retired. Yet I bet...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Oct 2, 2017 | Social Justice
On October 2, 2012, a team of surgeons at City of Hope medical center sliced open my brother and saw a body wracked with cancer. Nevertheless, they kept cutting, determined to remove what they could of this invasive leech eating him from within. For twenty hours, my...
