Laina Turner, Author

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5 Ways to Beat a Monday Slump
5 Ways to Beat a Monday Slump

I don’t know about you, but sometimes it’s hard for me to get going on a Monday. Even though I work on the weekends, it’s not as structured as during the week because the kids aren’t in school and we’re running all over the place. So for me, weekends are usually more exhausting than workweeks. […]

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Fleeing to Happiness - a Moonshire Bay Clean Small Town Romance
Fleeing to Happiness - a Moonshire Bay Clean Small Town Romance

Chapter 1 Ari was so glad the kids were coming home from college soon. Her youngest, Katie, was finishing up her freshman year at Michigan State, and her son, Sam, his junior year at Marquette. It was still hard for her to believe her kids were grown when it seemed like just yesterday they were […]

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Top 5 Steps to Making a Living As An Author
Top 5 Steps to Making a Living As An Author

Hi, I’m so glad you stopped by! Do you like fiction novels? Then you’re in the right place. I not only write them but I also LOVE helping other authors realize their dreams. I now have over 50 fiction books published, not counting the boxed sets. Being an author is seriously the BEST and one […]

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Necklaces and Nooses, a Presley Thurman Mystery Cozy Mystery: First Chapter Friday
Necklaces and Nooses, a Presley Thurman Mystery Cozy Mystery: First Chapter Friday

Download the cozy mystery now Chapter 1 I can’t believe I am so forgetful. All I wanted to do was go home because I was tired and my feet hurt. But my main concern was that Bella had been left in her crate much longer than I liked, which I didn’t feel was good for […]

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Setting Author Goals to Reach Your Writing Dreams
Setting Author Goals to Reach Your Writing Dreams

It’s the time of year where we reflect on what happened in the previous and get excited about setting new author goals and resolutions. Planner sales skyrocket, people, make vision boards, and we’re all excited about what’s to come. The year ahead has unlimited potential and man we’re going to crush it. We hit Jan […]

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How to Create Your Self-Publishing Production Schedule
How to Create Your Self-Publishing Production Schedule

What's on your self-publishing production schedule? I've talked before that part of being a professional writer meant you needed to show up every day (thanks, Steven Pressfield). Showing up every day ready to work your tail off means you need a plan. You need a self-publishing production schedule. You also must hold yourself accountable. Unless […]

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