VS Grenier ~ Award-Winning Author, Speaker & Podcaster

The mental attitude or the mindset you have can affect the outcome of just about everything you do. With even more certainty, it can be said that the amount of effort you put into anything is in proportion to the mindset you bring to the task. As they say, attitude is everything and it can either make things easier for you or put them out of your reach. Being successful is closely tied to what your attitude may be at any given point in time. These mindsets that have such a great influence over our lives can either result from personal experiences or from conditioning. In other words your attitude can either be developed from an experience or be a belief passed along to you at an early age. Today we are going to look at 5 common beliefs/attitudes held by many that may inhibit their being successful in many aspects of their lives. The question here will be the legitimacy of the 'thought processes' we are reviewing. Being Lucky It is all too often people consider the g

If you're on a children's writing board or online group, chances are you've heard the chatter about the recent article in the NYTimes about picture books. For those who haven't heard the buzz . . . here is the link. http://www.nytimes. com/2010/ 10/08/us/ 08picture. html?src= me&ref=general After you read it . . . come back and let us know our thoughts. As for me, I can't believe parents are bypassing picture books for their children. I'm not saying this because I write them. I write in all genres of children's lit so to me that's not my concern. What I'm worried about is the fact parents don't realize how important starting your child out reading picture books is important. Yes, picture books have colorful illustrations and normally don't have a lot of text, but there is more to a picture book than that. Picture books are great tools to teach your child creative thinking, problem solving, concepts, and so much more. Before I even re

Each year in October, children's author Nancy I. Sanders hosts the Periodical Challenge on her blog and it's here once again! Those who accept the challenge will target the biggest, the most prestigious, or the highest paying periodical of their dreams...all in one month. It's a great challenge and a fantastic exercise to stretch your writing muscles and grow. Plus, you have an entire month to work on it, so it's very do-able. If you want to hop on board and join the fun, you can find the "guidelines" and tips on Nancy's blog. Just click here to get get to Nancy's blog!

Your attitude has a significant affect upon the outcome of any of your actions. In fact having a bad attitude is almost a guarantee to make just about any aspect of your life more difficult than it may already be. In life attitude is everything since it will not only dictate the mood you are in it but also affects those around you. It is also true that any attempts you make to become successful at just about anything are greatly influenced by your frame of mind. Your mindset also has the capabilities to alter your performance for better or for worse depending upon your state of mind. With all that said let's examine 5 common mindsets people possess that dramatically alter their lives and the degree of success they experience. Pre-Determine Fate Believing that 'arbitrary luck' or pre-determined fate is what guide the course of your life is a common mindset many hold. The ability to 'make your own luck' is something more people need to recognize. By doing so

Red River Writers Live / A Good Story Is A Good--Monday October 4, 8PM CST - 9PM EST - 6 PM CPST. This week it’s time to find out about the hosts of A Good Story Is a good Story . On Monday’s show Fran Lewis, author, book reviewer and a host on Blog Talk Radio will interview Marsha, Virginia and Freda. It’s time to laugh and have a good time. Marsha’s movie review this week will be about the remarkable story behind Facebook. She’s going to review The Social Network. The place where one connection turns into another and another and another! Please call - (646) 595-4478 For those of you that do not want to be on the Internet you can call in and listen to the show on the phone.The phone number is the same ( 646- 595-4478 ). Listen in and have some fun! THE LINK TO THE SHOW - MONDAY - OCROBER 4,2010 - CST http://www.blogtalkradio.com/rrradio/2010/10/05/rr-tracks--a-good-story-is-a-good-story

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For Immediate Release Interview with Adam Epstein & Andrew Jacobson Authors of The Familiars, Harper Collins September 2010 Blog Interviewer, D.M. Cunningham had the chance to interview the authors of the newest series “The Familiars”. If you are a Harry Potter or Warriors fan than this is one book and interview you will not want to miss! Adam grew up in New York and Andrew in Wisconsin. They met in Los Angeles a little over ten years ago and started writing for film and television. Their first break was writing the screenplay for the movie, Not Another Teen Movie . From there they went on to write for the MTV Movie Awards for six years. Then a few years ago, Adam and Andrew decided to make a change. They had always dreamed of writing the kinds of projects they grew up loving -- adventure, fantasy, magic. It made perfect sense for Adam and Andrew to write a story targeted to the middle grade reader!   "The Familiars," is also being adapted into a 3D animated movie!

September 2010 is almost behind us. Time certainly moves quickly, especially when Stories for Children Publishing, LLC brings on a new SFC Blog Team, schedules events in advance and opens the Families Matter blog to submissions. That’s right! In an effort to keep new and exciting information at the forefront, Owner & Founder VS Grenier, along with new Blog Editor, Terri Forehand and Blog Interviewer D.M. Cunningham, continue to research and present wonderful events, feature guest interviews and instructional tips from the educational writers at Stories for Children Publishing, LLC . Along with content written by members of the SFC blog editorial team and SFC publishing team, Grenier has announced she is opening some of the monthly columns of the SFC blog Families Matter to submissions. “We feel this is a great way for those seeking publication to build their writing resume and for parents, educators and those interested in helping families to submit material our readers would b

As marketing on the internet has evolved, one thing has remained consistent and that is the importance of compiling an email list of potential customers. Growing your business by using an email based marketing campaign continues to be a very effective strategy. With the internet landscape continually changing, one would assume that there must be a more efficient manner for businesses to build an email list of potential customers. One of the most noticeable changes taking the internet by storm in the recent past has been the growing popularity of online social networking sites. The internet community has flock to these sites in droves and this trend shows little signs of slowing down. The result has been more effort invested into tapping the potential of these sites for business purposes. One of the top social networking sites online today namely Twitter has become a popular a target for online entrepreneurs. Due to its huge base of users, this site is prime internet real estat