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5 Lessons I Learned as a New Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is hard work. I don't say those words to scare you, but to prepare you for this blog post. Last year, I took a leap and turned my writing group, CayWriters, into a company. I scrambled to organize everything perfectly so my business would get a fantastic start only to discover I was a parent who convinced [...]

By |2018-02-13T11:17:58-04:00January 19th, 2015|Categories: Business, CayWriters|Tags: , , |0 Comments

You didn’t give me money and that’s okay

CayWriters is hosting the 2nd annual book fair. I wanted to go bigger and better this year, providing writers with more promotional options and writing resources, including workshops. Even with amazing sponsors, chances are you'll still need funds, unless you're a star at getting people to throw money and/or free stuff at you--a skill I've yet to learn. Lol! Image courtesy of [...]

By |2018-02-13T11:18:00-04:00November 21st, 2014|Categories: CayWriters, CIBF, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |0 Comments

New Name for Cayman Book Fair

CayWriters hosted it's very first book fair in October 2013 for authors in Cayman known as the Home Grown Book Fair. The event's name was recently changed to the Cayman Islands Book Fair. This year's book fair will take place on the 5th and 6th of December 2014 at the Cayman Islands George Town Library, [...]

I had a company inside me. Who knew!

Many of you who follow my blog have heard me talk about my writing group CayWriters. You've followed the journey of it transitioning from a simple monthly writing group to hosting the first event, the Home Grown Book Fair, to taking the plunge and becoming a Facebook group. CayWriters, and me too, is about to take another [...]

By |2018-02-13T11:18:02-04:00September 5th, 2014|Categories: CayWriters|Tags: , , |4 Comments

Home Grown Book Fair

October 5, 2013 was the very first HOME GROWN BOOK FAIR. It was an amazing dream come true. Since becoming a published author December 2012, I've made it my mission to help and promote local authors of Cayman however I can. It started with a writing group and a handful of people, all of whom were either [...]

By |2018-02-13T11:18:21-04:00October 11th, 2013|Categories: CayWriters, CIBF|7 Comments

CayWriters On The Move

Saturday March 1st, marked a historical event is the life of my organization, CayWriters. We participated in our first event. Red Sky at Night is an annual event hosted by the Cayman National Cultural Foundation (CNCF). Although there were a few hiccups, it was a successful start on the road to CayWriters participating [...]

By |2018-02-13T11:18:22-04:00March 8th, 2014|Categories: CayWriters|Tags: , , , , |2 Comments