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by Sandy Penny, WritingMuse: http://writingmuse.com

by Sandy Penny

I received an email today asking about pricing for reading a manuscript that is ready for design. The designer has noted errors and inconsistencies and is unsure of how to proceed with the author:

[Good morning Sandy, I'm a graphic artist who will be formatting a client's book after her manuscript is complete. She is not a fluent writer, her grammar usage is poor, she lacks flow and continuity and many areas are "lacking."… Continue

by Sandy Penny: WritingMuse

I have had many symbols throughout this spiritual journey called life. The first one was the rising sun. In the mid-1970s, in meditation, I heard a voice say, “You are the daughter of the rising sun, and this shall be your symbol.” I called out internally to the voice and said, “What does that mean?” In response, I heard, “You will come to understand, and you will know when to use it.” I sighed deeply, very cryptic… Continue

Have you read my article titled “Is Feedback Important” yet? If not, this article is the second in a series about asking people for feedback. It’s more about email marketing and website structure.

This whole doing business on the internet is evolving so quickly that some of the niceties of doing business are being forgotten or intentionally left out or made obscure in the technology.

When on the internet, It’s so easy to think of people as faceless masses or statistics, but on the other end of… Continue

by Sandy Penny

Why do so many people use a question as a headline?

It starts the reader thinking about the subject of the article. It speaks directly to the reader and immediately engages them. It’s a popular marketing strategy because it works.

It actually sounds like you care about the opinion of your reader, and most authors do care. So what if it’s a marketing ploy? If it engages you in an internal dialogue and you learn something about yourself in the process, isn’t that a productive exe… Continue

What Do You Want?

By Sandy Penny

I’ve asked myself that question, “What do you want?” as often as I’ve asked it to others, and with much the same challenge. It’s easy to make a list of what you don’t want, but much more difficult to know what you do want. The process of uncovering one’s heart and soul’s desires is more difficult than it sounds. It’s not a list of things we could buy if we had the money, and it’s not a list of good works we could do if we had the time, energy and resources. It… Continue

Feeling stuck, frustrated or hopeless? Here's what my guides have to say about it ...

By Sandy Penny

So much is going on in the causal plane right now that we feel like nothing is happening here in our dimension, but it’s not true. Tremendous changes are happening at many different levels, although things may look the same at times. So, don’t despair, the world is being shape shifted, and we are asked to wait patiently while the new and good is being built for us to inhabit. Like building a ho… Continue

By Sandy Penny

Back in 1993, I did an interview with psychologist Nancy White who has a wholistic therapy center in Houston, Texas. She has a light machine that is supposed to affect your mood and your ability to handle stress. Combining light therapy and psychoanalysis, she has been quite successful in treating alcoholics, drug abusers, and depression--garnering a much lower recidivism rate than most programs.

Nancy allowed me to experience the light machine during our interview. I sat in a c… Continue

By Sandy Penny

As most people, I read a lot about other people’s spiritual experiences, and they are certainly fascinating, but the point is not just to entertain and amaze us, it is to spur us on toward our own experiences. Having a personal relationship with the Divine, the Creator, the Manifestor, the Universe, whatever it is for you is the greatest experience you’ll ever have.

When you open yourself to the Spiritual World, you throw off the shackles and limitations of the 3-D everyday proj… Continue

by Sandy Penny

Relax,clear and create with my FREE "5 minutes to peace" meditations. Listen & enjoy: 5 Minutes to Peace Audio Meditations

Sandy Penny's FREE Audio Meditations to Download (mp3)

1. Stair Release and Claiming: A very old technique for clearing yourself of negative energy and programming. You climb a set of stairs, leaving something negative on each step, and picking up something positive to replace w… Continue

How Can You Turn the Web into Money for Your Writing?
By Sandy Penny
I got an email from a fellow writer who is desperate for some money using his writing skills and working from home. This is part of my mission in this New Age, to help people do what they want to do, live where th… Continue

Decisions, Decisions - What’s a Person to Do?

by Sandy Penny

There's so much stress these days that I thought this would be a timely topic.

When I was in New Zealand, it became very apparent to me that having fewer choices can be a good thing. In the U.S., we think having choices, lots of them, is absolutely necessary. But, think of the stress and time it takes to even choose a breakfast cereal.

A few years ago, the following scene was my life. I have greatly simplified it since then, so I t… Continue

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May through September 2009 Taos celebrates the 40th anniversary of Easy Rider. Dennis Hopper, director and co-star of the film and oft-resident of Taos, participates with two exhibits at The Harwood Museum of Art… Continue

Should YOU have a Free Web Site?

By Sandy Penny

I paid for a Web site through Yahoo for seven years. It was only $20/month, but over those years, I spent $1680. At the time I signed up, I was living in Houston, making plenty of money, and that was nothing. It was a bargain.… Continue

I just joined Synthasite and claimed my free Web site. Great templates. I'm migrating my www.writingmuse.com writing sample site over to http://sandypenny.synthasite.com/. I just launched it last night, after a full day of migrating. Guess you'd call me a migrant worker? :-) Anyway, I'm very proud of what I completed and launched. Check it out.. http://sandypenny.synthasite.com/

What Creates Success in the Aquarian Age?

By Sandy Penny

In this time of shifts, changes and re-creation, it’s no longer time to go it alone. One of the requirements for success in the Aquarian Age is the establishment of community. I notice it happening all around me now. People are creating groups for all kinds of endeavors. We’ve always known that networking helps build success, but now, more than ever, it’s absolutely necessary.

In the spirit of community, I placed an ad in the upcoming i… Continue

What’s this Sickness About?
By Sandy Penny

In Taos, and I’ve heard all over the country, people are having terrible respiratory and sinus infections or viruses or some sort. It comes on fast, lasts a couple of weeks, and sometimes even comes back for another round. I had it my… Continue

by Sandy Penny, sandy@WritingMuse.com
Who doesn't love a good party? Social networking has always been the way to get to know people and convert them into clients, before Facebook, My Space and Linked In were born. It's a tried and true recipe for success.

When you start a new "bricks and mortar" business (not just a web business), make a list of competitors, if you have any, and find out who their clients are. If you can't find out who their clients are, run an ad in a local paper or a trade j… Continue

by Sandy Penny

As this year ends, many are cheering the fact that it’s finally over. It has been the most challenging year in my 58-year memory for more people than I’ve ever seen. For me, it has been a big zero (on the surface, but don’t be too hasty to judge it, fallow fields restore their rich minerals and grow better crops.). That being said, it has also been the best year ever for some who have been able to find the new plug-in for their Aquarian Age energy. They are prospering and thrivin… Continue

Are You Locked in Lack?

by Sandy Penny – sandy@writingmuse.com

Why do so many wonderful, spiritual people live in lack? The test of whether you are locked in lack is this, do you have everything you truly desire? I’ve considered that question so often for myself, and I’ve come to one pretty clear conclusion. Most of us have old programming that limits us.

I know I’ve had a lot to overcome. I grew up in a family of 10 children, living in a government housing project in a really poor neighborho… Continue