by: Lauren Jonik The 2018 mid-term election season in the United States generated a considerable amount of buzz both on social media and on conventional media outlets. The message was clear: VOTE. But, after doing our civic duty, what comes next? Here are several ideas for how to remain an active, engaged citizen long after you’ve peeled off the “I Voted” sticker from your clothes. There is only one team So often, the narrative around politics becomes “us” versus “them.”…
by Marissa Price Back in April, I was lucky enough to attend a Supanova convention on the Gold Coast to try selling books. As a teacher, tutor, business owner, mother, wife and writer, there are so many things that demand my attention on a daily basis that I’m often not sure where to start. And even if I didn’t have all of those amazing things in my life, marketing would definitely take the cake as the hardest part of independent…
by Gretchen Hanson I didn’t plan to be heading south towards Charlottesville, Virginia after the alt-right demonstration this past August. But I didn’t try to change my plans either. I am possessed simultaneously with contradictory personal gifts. I am a profound chaos magnet, but also the recipient of amazing travel karma. This has been manifested throughout my life by allowing me to be smack dab in the midst of the most dramatic political upheavals on the planet without ever being…