Hello Writers and Editors I have to admit it: I’m weird. I actually like statistics. They’re useful; they help me wrap my mind around things.What things? How my business is doing financially, how I’m doing financially, how well my books and articles are selling, and (sometimes most important) “what the @$#@#$@ is that scientist/cop/talking-head really
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Never Stop Learning!
Hello Writers and Editors There are people who “know” everything they need to know. Some of them think they know everything there is to know. Most of the ones I’ve met are in the 13-25 demographic, people with MBAs, or college professors (the college professors with MBAs are particularly confident in their all-knowing status).Some of
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Hello Writers and Editors Time management is important. It also gets talked about a lot. But… a lot of that talk is really the same stuff regurgitated. S.M.A.R.T. Goals, using your calendar… Let’s look at things a little differently.Time management is really conflict management. What conflicts? Well, there are goal conflicts and calendar conflicts (I
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An Update On Sally Port Magazine Sally Port Magazine’s July 2025 issue had marvelous stories from inspiring authors. It also had some tech problems, things that irritated our readers and us. The back-end software we chose had great promise. It gave us features we really wanted. But… It turns out there are issues with customer
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2026 themes still open and new themes for 2027 Hello dear authors,We’re down to three themes accepting stories, so it’s time to announce the new themes. Remember, a theme is more a guideline than a rule. What matters is that your story fits with the theme in some way (putting the theme in the title
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Hello again! According to legend, George S. Patton described defeating the Germans this way “Break through the front lines and then do something [expletives deleted]. Pitch a fit. Burn a town. Do something!” It’s actually good advice and applies to more than warfare. No, it might not be a war. And you’re probably not fighting
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Wow… Just wow… Hello dear readers! Two things have come up that we’re dealing with:The FMP blog desperately needs an overhaul.We’ve had a massive influx of submissions over at Sally Port Magazine. So, here’s what’s happening. We’ll be putting the FMP blog on hiatus for a few months to get things cleaned up and we’re
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New themes and new oppertunities! Hello dear writer! Sally Port Magazine, our fantasy magazine featuring clean fantasy for the whole family, comes out every quarter. And, each issue has a theme. Officially, the plan was to announce the next round of themes in June. But guess what… We’re doing it today! (For more information about
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Hello dear reader! It’s happened. The first full issue of Sally Port Magazine is ready to read. That’s actually an amazing thing for me to say. Yes, I might have liked to see a few things happen sooner, but this is part of the process. Some challenges we solved in getting this to you hadn’t
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Great opportunities await! Well, dear reader, we’re actually doing it. The door is open. Subscriptions for Sally Port Magazine are officially available! For those unfamiliar, Sally Port Magazine is a family friendly (but not kids only!) fantasy fiction magazine with a focus on both providing stories for the whole family and providing knowledge and opportunities for
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