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The Creativity Cure

Join Me to Explore The Creativity Cure on Reading with Robin

If you missed my interview with Drs. Carrie and Alton Barron, you can listen to it here: Creativity Cure Interview “Reading with Robin”   It was a lot of fun and Carrie and Alton have so much to say about creativity we could have taken two hours. Below is my original post in anticipation of the…

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Pitch Your Book to Life: Congratulations!

It’s been an inspiring several weeks, reading the 44 compelling book pitches (50 counting revisions). Congratulations to everyone who entered and shared your passion for your subject.  And to our hundreds of voters. You’re all winners. And The Official Winner Is . . . Kate Forest, RYT for her entry Self Care Yoga: Short Healing Lessons…

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Pitch Your Book to Life Competition: The Public Votes Are In!

Round 1 of the Pitch Your Book to Life contest voting is complete. While our judges are deliberating, I thought you might like to see the top 10 books by public vote. Here they are, in no particular order. I’ve taken the liberty to shorten some of the pitches, although our judges are viewing the…

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Pitch Your Book to Life Contest: Feedback on a Few We Missed and…

Whoops, As I reviewed the inspiring entries in our Pitch Your Book to Life Contest, I realized that a few did not make it onto the blog. So, here is my feedback on several more inspiring and terrific entries. Title: The Cheater Whisperer: Inside the Minds of the Unfaithful by Abby Rodman Pitch: According to some statistics,…

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Pitch Your Book to Life Contest: Final Round of Feedback

Hi everyone, this is Jamie, Lisa just sent me feedback for these 17 entries. To give these people a chance to revise, we are extending the deadline for entries / revisions to tomorrow, April 16 at Midnight, and extending the voting period to the 17th. Contact me at Jamie@lisatener.com with any questions. To submit revisions…

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Pitch Your Book to Life Contest: A Surprise for our Friends in the Fiction World

  Although the Pitch Your Book to Life Contest is for nonfiction book concepts only, we have had some great fiction entries submitted, and I have a special gift for those participants today. I’ve asked my colleague Stuart Horwitz, the genius behind bookarchitecture.com, to comment and provide feedback on their entries. Here is some more…

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