KEEN TO BE is a weekly round-up of recent headlines and other fascinating news you may have missed!
How An Author Paid the Bills While She Wrote the Books: She worked as a librarian, a ghostwriter of young adult fiction, and magazine books editor. Here’s how she made ends meet. (Medium) http://bit.ly/2HgFGYi
Throwback Instagram "Thank You, Atoosa" Shows How Vastly Teen Media has Changed in Two Decades: "The teenage years are always just so awkward and
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Round-Up: Black Girl Magic
I couldn't let all of of February - Black History Month - pass without highlighting some amazing African-American women who I truly admire for the strides they've made. Each one is a major inspiration in her own right:
Kamala Harris: If you didn't know Kamala's name before 2019, you certainly heard about her recently when she announced her run for the President of the United States. She's currently a Senator in California, of Indian and Jamaican descent, whose most recent
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KEEN TO BE: Is It Rude to Ignore Emails?
KEEN TO BE is a Weekly Round-up of Empowering, Informative & Motivational Stories that will Expand Your World and Make You More Productive, Confident and Creative.
How Generation Z Will Transform the Future Workplace: Generation Z is disrupting recruiting, training, managing, and more in 2019 and beyond. (Inc.com) http://bit.ly/2IlgN05
The Type of Burnout We Rarely Talk About: passion burnout (Shine) http://bit.ly/2BFM9st
The Millennial Obsession With
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Find a Literary Agent at Your Local Bookstore
I've worked in book publishing for more than six years as a marketer and publicist. And during that time, I've created multiple campaigns for New York Times bestselling books. So you can imagine how often I hear from of writers looking to submit a manuscript. Authors can hit a wall in the early process as many publishers and imprints won't accept unsolicited manuscripts. But just because submitting a manuscript isn't easy, doesn't mean it's impossible. If you're looking to
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Keen to Be: Pixar Takes on Toxic Masculinity in the Workplace With Latest Short
KEEN TO BE is a weekly round-up of recent headlines and other fascinating news you may have missed!
A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions: Dan Mallory, who writes under the name A. J. Finn, went to No. 1 with his début thriller, “The Woman in the Window.” His life contains even stranger twists. (The New Yorker) http://bit.ly/2RSS5mU
9 Books to Read in 2019: Motivational Speaker and Author Rachel Hollis’s list of go-to business books, life books, or
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KEEN TO BE: What Happens to Your Body When You Hate Your Job
A weekly round-up of recent headlines and other fascinating news you may have missed!
iPhone FaceTime bug lets other people eavesdrop on you
A newly discovered bug in Apple's FaceTime software lets Apple users listen in on the people they are calling, and even see through their front-facing camera, without them picking-up the call. (CNN) https://cnn.it/2G3GQ9X
The Creator of Sesame Street was Told to Let a Man Run the Show. Why She Said Absolutely Not
When she
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