Discover The Funny Side: Relatable Anecdotes from a Once-Frazzled Parent, a humorous parenting book filled with funny, relatable stories about raising children. Shari Marshall shares personal parenting anecdotes that celebrate the chaos, surprises, and laughter of family life.
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The Lost Goblin Map
Discover The Lost Goblin Map by Shari Marshall, a magical middle-grade fantasy adventure where Liam Cyprus encounters magical creatures, friendship, mystery, and Monster Cookies.
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Dug Up by Shari Marshall | Synopsis, Genre & Book Details
Dug Up by Shari Marshall is a standalone urban fantasy mystery featuring Emaline Bo Vesper, a gemphagist hiding her magical abilities in the small town of Gwenwick Creek. When murder strikes, Emaline must embrace her powers to uncover the killer before she becomes the next target.
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Orphan & Widow Task
Have you been trying to format your novel and struggling to figure out why there is a gap of space at the bottom of some pages where there should be text? I struggled with this when I formatted my first book in my Ember Files series. It was maddening trying to figure out why some… Continue reading Orphan & Widow Task
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Double-sided page layout
I learned a lot about Word while formatting my first self-published novel. One of those things involved paragraphs and how they look on the pages of a print novel. This is important so pages don’t look like they have a narrow column of text in the middle of the page; the margins around the text… Continue reading Double-sided page layout
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The drop cap.
The fancy first letter that differs from the rest of the text in a book has always been something I admire while reading a novel. I knew little about it, including what it was called or how it was done. When I started making formatting decisions for The Funny Side, I wanted to use that… Continue reading The drop cap.
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Feeling Grateful
The Funny Side, my first nonfiction book, can be seen in this collection of award winning titles (five down on the right hand side). Please check it out. https://literarytitan.com/2025/04/04/literary-titan-gold-book-award-nonfiction-12/
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This is not just a cover reveal.
From the back cover:Remember to laugh. Start with a smile and let it grow. Parenting is a full-time career with a boss who is a mini-version of you but who has an unstable mood and zero conformity to social and societal norms. It’s priceless, all of it. From heartwarming to smiles and laughter, The Funny… Continue reading This is not just a cover reveal.
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Milestones: 50 Before 50
I started drafting this list on my 37th birthday. You can view the original post: HERE. I was inspired by a couple of other bucket lists I was creating during the BlogAhead challenge. It inspired me to create a list specific to myself. I took a little time to create a list of well-thought-out things… Continue reading Milestones: 50 Before 50
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Skilled users of words—writers, wordsmiths, and penmen—this post is for you.
Are you stuck on a writing project? Have you ever used a heuristic? Do you know what a heuristic is? Previous to taking a course titled Efficient Business and Professional Writing, I didn’t know what a heuristic was. The knowledge has had an impact. A heuristic is a great writing aid—creative, nonfiction, business . .… Continue reading Skilled users of words—writers, wordsmiths, and penmen—this post is for you.
Brewing Coffee, Twisting Words & Breaking Pencils 