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Some of you are already aware that English is a ‘man’s’ language because it contains thousands of words that prefer men.

We like men; we also believe it’s time for the world’s most commonly used language to have some words for those of us who aren’t men, and we’ve come up with a simple way to do that.
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Getting to Know Amazon

  • Feb 21, 2021
  • 2 min read

Updated: Mar 9, 2021

February 21, 2020


“Getting to know you…getting to know all about you…getting to like you…”


That song comes from ‘The King and I’, an old, old movie starring Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr. It’s a great movie about a missionary (Kerr) and her son going to Siam (now Burma) and teaching the King’s children. Love the dresses Kerr wore!


These days, I’m getting to know Amazon because that’s where my book life is focusing. Whew! It’s a foreign country to me. Yes, Amazon is only one resource for book marketing; yet it’s huge and I want to get my books out. I used to fear it as if it was a monster.

Anything we fear tends to take on an image of something overwhelming and unconquerable—a mountain; a monster. I’ve learned to watch for these types of feelings; I now know that indicate I’m ready to grow (up).


How I’m conquering my mountain/monster:

#1: Acquainting myself with others who already know it.

I have several friends who know much more about Amazon and other large enterprises than I do. Finding these wonderful people has either a) taken some of the work of getting to know the mountain/monster off me or b) shown me SHORCUTS--the quickest ways in or around it. For me, anyone under the age of 25 works. Then there’s always GOOGLE.


#2: Getting to know my mountains/monsters.

I’ve had to put my resistance away; my weapons (excuses) of why I don’t want to face Amazon. Would I like it if Amazon weren’t such a behemoth? Yes. Am I going to change that? No. Am I going to ignore it? No. Why?


#3: Knowing WHY is my biggest motivator. My latest book, ‘Dissolving Her Despair’, Book One in a five-volume series, ‘The Woman Who Forgot Who She Was’ is a story I was given as I faced a big problem in my life and I couldn’t rise above my own despair. That story so enriched my life that I want to uplift others. My books are always intended for that purpose. It’s my mission; my passion and I can’t let something stand in my way just because it’s unfamiliar and HUGE. NO WAY.


Vivian Probst is an award-winning author. Her latest work, ‘The Woman Who Forgot Who She Was’ is a five-book series. Book One: Dissolving Her Despair is available as a Kindle’® e-book and as a paperback book on Amazon. Book Two: ‘Waking From Her Weariness’ is expected to be released by April 15th. Probst is writing each book in both English and WEnglish™, her linguistic attempt to make English more gender inclusive. More at vivianprobst.com


 

Mystery author gleans lessons from her characters

  • Feb 19, 2021
  • 1 min read

Updated: Mar 15, 2021

After 20 years in process, author, linguist Vivian Probst is celebrating the early February release of "Dissolving Her Despair," Book One of her thrilling new five-book series, "The Woman Who Forgot Who She Was."

In Book One, Probst focuses on a brilliantly successful bank president who can manage other peoples’ finances but not her own. Deeply in debt, Avery Victoria Spencer faces public humiliation if her secret is discovered.

Wrestling with despair and desperation, she falls asleep hoping for a solution. Miraculously, she awakes chained in a medieval dungeon where magical beings are ready to help if she’s willing to accept their messages.


Probst explains, “Avery learns that her issue is not with money, but actually something far more important.”



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