It’s the New Year! After a season of celebration and R&R, you’ve got the energy and momentum to start on new goals and go in new directions. Maybe you want to: Build your platform Impact more people by giving helpful information Become the go-to person or subject matter expert on a topic so you can […]
Writing content for a blog can be a way to jumpstart your book Do you want to write a book but you’re not sure where to start? Well, do you have a blog? If the answer to both questions is yes, guess what? You may already have some of your manuscript written! Even if you’re […]
The tradition of gift-giving has deep roots in humanity’s history, giving social scientists plenty of data to study; a quick Google search brings up dozens of articles discussing the research on gift-giving. You don’t have to be a researcher, though, to know that not all gifts are created equal. Factors in gift-giving vary more than […]
I love helping people tell their stories “How did you get them to tell you such deeply personal details?” Someone asked me this a few years ago after he read some stories I’d written about women who had suffered abandonment, abuse, and poverty. It wasn’t the first time I’d gotten that type of comment, and […]
Discover Writing Practices and Learn about the Book Process I’m offering a course that demystifies the book publishing process and covers ways aspiring authors can practice, improve, or just plain START the habit of writing. Why? I want to help people like you! Maybe you want to write but don’t know where to start. Or, […]
Loneliness and the Mental Health Crisis It’s no secret: the US and many other countries are facing mental health crises and a loneliness epidemic. It’s tempting to blame these crises on a solitary cause, or even just two or three, and people do: they blame smart phones, video games, social media, vaccines, processed food, social […]
Do you want to write a book? Many people do. Often, when I meet someone and they learn what I do, I hear, “Oh, I’ve been thinking about writing a book.” But do a little research and you’ll see that the market is saturated with books about people’s journeys with cancer, overcoming an abusive childhood […]
I remember singing a hymn called “Count Your Blessings” in church as a kid. I always enjoyed singing it during the worship service, hearing the bass singers in the congregation boom out the repeat. I didn’t pay much attention to the words, though. But one day as a young adult, I was having a bad […]
This post contains a video where veteran book publishing and marketing expert Ella Ritchie explains how to publish a book for non-fiction authors who wish to self-publish.
This sure-fire tool will give you healthier, more enduring relationships. Suits. Like so many other Netflix viewers, my husband and I got swept up in the recent mania. Maybe because it kept popping up in my husband’s queue as a “top show.” Maybe because I’d just finished reading Prince Harry’s memoir Spare (doubly interesting from […]