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Shayla Raquel

Shayla Raquel

Why Writers Should Be Like Squirrels: A Lesson on Being Carefree

I am obsessed with squirrels. Those little tree rats are my number one favorite animals (second = sharks; third = goats). Ever since I…

Jul 14, 2022

Why Writers Should Be Like Squirrels: A Lesson on Being Carefree

Jul 14, 2022

Shayla Raquel

Whisper Your Words: A Challenge to Find Your Courage

Sometimes, our words are but a whisper.

Jul 13, 2022

Whisper Your Words: A Challenge to Find Your Courage

Jul 13, 2022

Shayla Raquel

9 Book Marketing Musts I Learned from Scrub Daddy on TikTok

“Are you seriously about to somehow teach book marketing via . . . a sponge?”

Jul 11, 2022

9 Book Marketing Musts I Learned from Scrub Daddy on TikTok

Jul 11, 2022

Shayla Raquel

Negative Book Reviews: An Author’s Badge of Honor

You have to stop boo-hooing over bad reviews and find creative ways to use them in your author career.

Feb 7, 2021

Negative Book Reviews: An Author’s Badge of Honor

Feb 7, 2021

Shayla Raquel

Writing & Blackheads: Zeroing in on Every Flaw

I told my dermatologist I had blackheads. I didn’t know what the deal was. Was it my medicine? My moisturizer? Where were these disgusting…

Jan 27, 2021

Writing & Blackheads: Zeroing in on Every Flaw

Jan 27, 2021

Shayla Raquel

People I love keep dying. But there is joy.

I tell myself it started with Lauren on December 11, 2018, but the reality is: it started sooner than that. I suppose it was just her…

Jan 22, 2021

People I love keep dying. But there is joy.

Jan 22, 2021

Shayla Raquel

Finding the Good in 2020/Satan-y Things: An Exercise in Positivity

Match.com, the online dating site, recently featured the funniest commercial I’ve seen in a really long time. Satan gets a “match” with a…

Dec 23, 2020

Finding the Good in 2020/Satan-y Things: An Exercise in Positivity

Dec 23, 2020

Shayla Raquel

Why Does It Matter if Someone Doesn’t Like What You Wrote?

How do you know if your writing is good?

Nov 30, 2020

Why Does It Matter if Someone Doesn’t Like What You Wrote?

Nov 30, 2020

Shayla Raquel

The Perfect Writing Environment Is a Figment of Your Imagination

I sit on the balcony of the twelfth story, where I can hear the waves crash onto the shore. The sun is in a good mood, shining brightly…

Nov 8, 2020

The Perfect Writing Environment Is a Figment of Your Imagination

Nov 8, 2020

Shayla Raquel

If you want to see me soar, tell me I can’t do something.

I was told I couldn’t write my research paper on my grandpa because I didn’t have enough sources to cite. In other words, he wasn’t a…

Nov 2, 2020

If you want to see me soar, tell me I can’t do something.

Nov 2, 2020

Shayla Raquel

Shayla Raquel

Self-Publishing Mentor. Speaker. Author. Editor. Book Marketer. Blogger. Wifey. Dog Mom. Squirrel Stalker. https://linktr.ee/shaylaleeraquel

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