When I moved to Douglasville, Georgia ten years ago, little did I know that my life would improve drastically. Learning to turn my creative hobby into a viable small business led me into a world of new Alice-in-Wonderland adventures and an incredible growth of spirit. The recipe for small business success is simple: spend lots of time, effort and enthusiasm getting to know small business owners and entrepreneurs who have a vast amount of knowledge they are so willing to share with others. They know that small business is the backbone of a community’s economic security, strength, and success. I discovered that it’s never too late to dream big with a small thought and a community of business friends who support each other. For Small Business Saturday I am creating a coloring book page with a Shop Local theme and will be distributing it to all the restaurants, shops and businesses along Broad Street, the historic business district of downtown Douglasville.
A short story of mine was included in an anthology of short fiction by fourteen of Port Town Publishing Company's authors. It is out of print and no longer available except as a download. Contact me at charlenetess@yahoo.com if you want it.
For the past two years (2006-2008) The Bridge of Silver Wings has earned a name for itself both as a series of poems published in different e-zines and as a book first published in 2007.
What makes this 2009 edition a special one is th
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