Conda's Creative Center - Tips, Hints & Secrets

Following is a bonus post for a taste of my upcoming class 5 EASY WAYS TO KICKSTART CREATIVITY, which will be held Tuesday, March 13th, 2018. If you attend you'll discover 5 quick and easy ways...

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The Mall Fairies Sweet Tooth Cookbook will be launched during the Cookies & Books Holiday Sale at a special price, yum! To celebrate and get your taste buds flowing, here's a recipe from ...

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Boise Community Education presents  my class Creating Creativity , a one hour class Tuesday October 17th at Timberline High School. Come and learn 5 easy, fast, and fun ways to kickstart y...

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Write Short to Succeed Just Released in Audio! Read on for how to get a FREE EBOOK or AUDIO BOOK copy! Much of the reason for my success in writing short stories comes from my avid readi...

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Perfectionism is a sneaky, underhanded destroyer of creativity. A powerful energy suck. Now, I can hear all you creative people out in Creative Land shouting: "I know all about the pitfalls of ...

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FOR GAIN, NO BLAME This post is about a problem that has been bugging me for, well, forever. In this world of social media, it appears to be growing every day, a monstrous cancer destroying c...

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In honor of the release of the audio book version of Mild West Mysteries , the eBook version is on sale, only .99, through January 8th! Woot! Now Mild West Mysteries is out in all forma...

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For only .99 you'll get The Mall Fairies Sweet Tooth Cookbook , full of fun fairy tales and delicious dessert recipes! Like many other people, I've developed a few food sensitivities over ...

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Some of this year's Christmas Decorations To get you off in a festive mood, here's a gift to get you into the holiday spirit. While supplies last you can have a code for an audio book down...

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Join me on November 5th for a fun workshop on Write Short to Succeed . (Details below ) Here’s a possible exercise we might be doing in my workshop at ICAN’s upcoming Second Annua...

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Fun, Fun, Fun! There will be over 20! authors selling their books at the Book Extravaganza this August 6th. A wide range of genres and styles will be represented, enough for any reader to ...

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Yup, you heard right, FREE workshop on Writing Conflict: Hows and Whys. And a FREE workshop one time only. At the Victory Branch Library,10664 W Victory Road, Boise, ID 83709 on Wednesday July ...

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My newest title, Write Short to Succeed inspired by my class: Hows and Whys of Writing Short , click on the link above to sign up for the next one night class on May 3, 2016. We authors a...

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On Sale for only 99 cents until 12/13/15 from Muse It Up Publishing ! Yes, it's that time of the year, Christmas reads! My novelette Christmas romance A Crispy Rice Christmas is on sale u...

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Hi Conda, Thanks so much for hosting me today. I’m expressing annoyance with my bad habit of using clichés in my writing. WRITING AND REMOVING CLICHÉS BY J.Q. ROSE For some reason ...

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Register here for my The Hows and Whys of Writing Short, Tuesday, October 20th, 7-8 p.m. Or go to www.boiselearns.org and the Personal Enrichment classes for more. A couple of tips for a sw...

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 Get The Mall Fairies: Exile and my other Mall Fairies titles for 30% off through September 30th! Here's one reason why I'm a hybrid author. My publisher, Muse It Up Publishing , is havin...

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Foul Wind by Kathy McIntosh is a humorous mystery set in wacky North Idaho. Want an opportunity to read it for free? Then read on! The publishing world keeps changing and Amazon keeps coming ...

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My honey Bruce and I at our niece's ceremony, fun, but a little damp! June, the month of brides and weddings, just ended. Whew. We attended my niece's ceremony in a tiny town outside of Au...

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Hopefully this kinda unappetizing photo of a Carrot Cake Muffin will give you a smile, for this Smile Power Day! Recipe follows. It's time for summer fun, so let's start out with what to ta...

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The logo for our publishing company, Barbarian Books . When my partner and I first opened our publishing company, I figured I wouldn't learn all that much about the publishing world. After...

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Now on sale for 99 cents for a limited time only! Get my humorous romance, The Bridesmaid Wore Stains, now here !  My publisher and I, in honor of June brides, has placed The Bridesmaid ...

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A Virtual Bouquet for Memorial Day Memorial Day, a perfect time to remember...and here's one of my favorite memories and the recipe that came from it! My mom was raised during the Great...

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All proceeds from sales of Romance and Mystery Authors on Writing go to libraries! The newest publication I'm in, Romance and Mystery Authors on Writing , inspired me to this rant. Nowad...

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On Tuesday, May 5th, I'm teaching another of my one night classes on Navigating the New Publishing World which will be held through Boise Community Education at Boiselearns.org . Since the last ...

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