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Whenever I think my writing is going to make me famous I call that having Dylusions of Grandeur.
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Authors have complained for decades that their publishers didn't do enough to promote their books, but those publishers were actually pretty limited in their marketing. Beyond sending out copies to reviewers, there weren't many other options outside of running some ads in magazines or sending the author on a book tour, the latter of whic…
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welcome to my (rather inconsistent) branding strategy, 🙃. Writing the copy for this devo was the back half of my 2020. Tommy Nelson took the whole thing to another level with the beautiful and inviting design — I did not know what ‘two color art’ was or why it was so cool when the editor told me about it, but I get it now!
That said, “C…
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First night in Xi’An, got in near closing time. Went to place down street and everyone was drunk inside. One guy was being carried out as I went in. No idea what to order, since no cell service, so I pointed.
Got pile of bean sprouts and peppers & some massive dish of diced chicken and somehow more peppers. I don’t think I’ve had a dish …
