Author: Christine John

Four Ways to Keep Yourself Motivated to Achieve Your Goals in 2022

Christine John
how to keep yourself motivated

We are in the second month of the New Year. And it’s usually at this time that most people start to lose their motivation to achieve their goals. At the start of the year, you were inspired and fired up, and ready to start making changes to improve your life. But as bills start coming in and the pressures from work start to stress us out, we tend to lose our focus and forget why we made those goals in the first place. When the going gets tough, we need…

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Five Romantic Love Poems to Share

Christine John
Five Romantic Love Poems to Share

Happy Valentine’s Day! I have written many love poems over the years. Some were inspired by relationship and others were written based on love songs and romantic movies. In this post, I have included 5 of my favourite romantic love poems which I hope you will enjoy and share with your loved ones on Valentine’s Day. Forbidden Pleasure The walls slowly crumple My world is suddenly turned upside down Since you came back into my life I remember the warmth of your hand As it covered my own When you…

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Six Simple Ways to Think Yourself Happy

Christine John
Think yourself happy

What we think about matters a lot and it is easy to fill our minds with things that can distract us, take away our joy, or destroy us. Our thoughts can have a huge impact on the way we live our lives. And this is why we need to change our mindset and think of ways to fill our minds with positive thoughts that make us happy and be filled with peace and contentment. Now is the time to start making changes to your way of thinking so that you…

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Five Ways to Prepare for a Successful New Year

Christine John
Success ahead - successful New Year

It is almost time to say goodbye to 2021. In a couple of days, it will be the end of the year. This year may not have been the best year because the Covid-19 pandemic is still here causing so much disruption to people’s lives and there is so much uncertainty as to what our lives will be like in the New Year. So what can we do to ensure that next year will be better than this year? Here are 5 things you can do to prepare for a…

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Where to Sell Your eBooks Online

Christine John
Book Sales

I have been self-publishing and selling eBooks on Amazon since 2013. Although my book sales are okay, I have often wondered if I could increase my sales by selling my eBooks on other websites. I found this video on YouTube that talks about other online platforms where you can sell your eBooks. First, watch the video and then scroll down to read a summary of each eBook selling platform and click on the link to check out the website. Payhip.com An e-commerce platform Sell digital products and memberships Free to…

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How to Bring Joy Back into Your Writing

Christine John
Joy in Writing

It has been weeks since I had written my last blog post. I knew that I needed to update my blog or else I would lose the 50+ readers that visited my website each week. But I was at a loss as to what to write about. This wasn’t just writer’s block. I think it had more to do with the fact that I was getting bored with my own writing. Don’t get me wrong. I enjoyed writing on my blog, but I was getting tired of writing about certain…

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How to End the Year Positively

Christine John
people partying - how to end the year positively

I know it may be a little early to be writing this blog post, but I have been reflecting on the events that occurred throughout the year and have been thinking about what I want to accomplish next year. As we are approaching the end of 2021 we may start reflecting on the many highs and lows we experienced throughout the year and we may be wondering what we have to look forward to in the coming New Year. We may look back at our successes, our failures, our proud…

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How to Use Kindle Create to Format an EBook

Christine John
Format eBook

Amazon has a free formatting tool called Kindle Create that you can use to convert your document into an eBook. Use Kindle Create to prepare your book for publication. This tool can be used to format a cookbook, a novel, a travel guide, a children’s book, and a comic book. Use this formatting tool to create professionally designed eBooks. In today’s blog post, I will show you how to use Kindle Create to format your document into a beautifully crafted eBook. Step 1: Download Kindle Create. Go to https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Create/b?ie=UTF8&node=18292298011 to…

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Five Mistakes to Avoid Before You Publish Your Manuscript

Christine John
woman typing

Are you getting ready to submit your manuscript to be published? If you are publishing your first book, it can be very easy to make mistakes in editing and formatting your manuscript, and also in designing the book cover. It is better to fix these mistakes now than to do it after it has been published. Here are five mistakes you should avoid before you publish your manuscript. Mistake #1: Not Reading Publishing Guidelines I made this mistake when I submitted my first book to be published on Kindle Direct…

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How to Format Your Manuscript Using Microsoft Word

Christine John
Typing on a laptop

Since I wrote my last blog post, “My Experience Using Kindle Create”, a number of people have been asking for my help in using Kindle Create to format their manuscripts. But before you can use Kindle Create, you first need to format your manuscript in Microsoft Word. This is an excerpt taken from my book “The Beginner’s Guide to Self-Publishing: How to Self-Publish a Kindle Book and a Paperback on Amazon KDP”. This book is available in print and Kindle format on Amazon. Before you import your manuscript to Kindle…

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