Direct Response Marketing Magic

Like many young children, I loved a good book. Books took me to magical lands. Listening to the stories was a pleasant way to while away time, dream about foreign people and places, and spend time with my Dad or Mom or big sister—whoever volunteered to read to me. I couldn’t wait to read on my own, and once I did, I dug into books like a kid on a mission. My favorite day as a first grader was our weekly trip to the school library. I built my reading skills with the Spot series and moved on to Charlotte’s Web, Winnie-the-Pooh, and Cinderella. As the daughter of a journalist and a short story and poetry writer, I learned to love literature, was edited throughout my life, and spent many hours doing writing-related things—attending conferences, running writing workshops, writing books together with family members. Writing is in my blood. And so is the interest in helping you get your writing done, whether it’s for your business, or for you personally. And even though my attention at one point turned to scien