Dana needed a summer job to escape becoming an unpaid babysitter for her family. But it was 1977. And women need not apply-especially women who'd just graduated from high school. Ready to earn that job, Dana discovers a local thrift shop, the Bargain Spot, desperately needs her skills. She learns to organize, bargain-and use her tiger form to stop other magical beings as they wreak havoc on her world. Can she make the world a little bit better? And find a role that suits her skills as she ages? Read how Dana and her team battle various other beings, such as elves, demons, and lions. Follow Dana's adventures from 1977 to 2017 as she works, leads, and then retires from that thrift shop. This book includes these stories: A Good Sign Repairing the World Break Those Glass Ceilings Publicly Acceptable Behavior In Great Hands Buy this book now and see how magical beings can make the world a little better.

The Bargain Spot Chronicles: An Original Urban Fantasy Collection of Five Short Stories

Free your inner nonfiction writer as you learn to write fast and well. Do you want to write nonfiction better and faster? But when you try to write, you feel stuck, or you don't like what you wrote, or you're not sure why anyone would want to read your words.  You can enjoy writing, especially when you integrate thinking and learning as you write. And, when you wait to edit until the end, you can write faster. Learn how to educate, influence, and entertain people with your writing.  You'll learn how to: Separate writing, which includes thinking and learning, from editing. Focus on your readers, so you write what they need to know. Face your writing fears. Find your author voice, so you sound like you. Be ready to write, so you never have to face a blank page.  Empathize with your readers to write about what matters to them. How to edit just enough. Evolve your writing system.  And more.  Buy this book and learn how to write nonfiction to educate, influence, and entertain.

Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer: Educate, Influence, and Entertain Your Readers - Rothman Writing Short

Take your wildest imagination, and you might just come up with a Pulphouser: a rare creature only found on the pages of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Add in some more strange creatures and critters, and you might just find yourself running-straight to your favorite chair to dive into the ten stories in this wacky volume!So, welcome to the Pulphouse Zone, with an abundance of creatures and critters that only exist in Pulphouse. Includes:"Blackbeard's Aliens" by Robert Jeschonek"Vamp until Doomsday" by Stefon Mears"The Injustice Collector" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch"Dog Steps" by Rob Vagle"For the Love of Killer" by Mary Jo Rabe"Dog People" by Robert J. McCarter"The Poodles of Panama" by Kent Patterson"The True Story of Stanley and Stella" by Johanna Rothman"Starlings" by Jerry Oltion"Brick Houses" by Annie Reed

Run!! Creatures, Critters, and Pulphousers... - Pulphouse Books

Do you dream of speaking at a conference? You want to share your successes-and maybe your failures. Conference committees accept proposals they understand. Those same committees reject confusing proposals. You can write a clear proposal. Use the tips in this book to: Start with the real outcomes. Not a promise for an outcome, but what people will learn. Create a compelling one-paragraph abstract. Choose a title that invites the reader into your session. Connect to your readers with your bio. Increase your chances with the program committee. Craft a proposal the conference committee can understand and accept.

Write a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts

Would you like the chance to visit another world? Maybe see a glimpse of an alternative reality? In this genre-spanning short story collection, Johanna Rothman brings you five original short stories. Each story offers you a chance to visit another place. She set some of these stories in places she's visited. She set other stories in places she'd like to visit-maybe with protection. Read stories about people who persevere, even if they're confused for the moment. No fools and plenty of smarts to figure out what to do next. And they enjoy themselves along the way.

Surprising Doorways

You can excel at managing people when you lead and serve them. You might have only seen managers try to direct and control others. You might think you can't possibly lead and serve others. Especially not with all the pressure you feel. You can. Great managers create an environment where people can do their best work. These excellent managers lead and serve others-not control or direct them. Based on research and backed up by personal stories, this book will show you how modern managers lead and serve others.  Through questions and stories, learn how you can: Change your focus from individuals to teams. Create more capability in each person and as a team. Create more engaged teams or workgroups. Support people as they manage their careers and eliminate the need for performance reviews. Support teams as they can learn to manage themselves. And, much more. With its question and myth, each chapter offers you options to rethink how you lead and serve others. Become a modern manager. Learn to lead and serve others to deliver the results everyone needs.

Practical Ways to Lead & Serve (Manage) Others - Modern Management Made Easy, #2

Would you like your organization to innovate more? Start with your management practices. You might never have seen innovation in management. You are not alone. Learn to create an environment where people can innovate. See how to use the organization's purpose to manage for better outcomes. Free people to work better and faster. Based on research and backed up by personal stories, you'll see how modern managers practice innovation. Through questions and stories, learn how you can: Create management teamwork at all levels. Reduce management decision time. Manage for effectiveness to promote innovation. Plan by value. Welcome experiments and learn from them. Move from change management to embracing change. And, much more. With its question and myth, each chapter offers you options to rethink how you can create management innovation. Change your practices and free the people to deliver better outcomes. Become a modern manager. Learn to lead an innovative organization.

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