Ronda Del Boccio to Deliver Marketing Makeover Workshop with Annie Lisenby in Branson on April 13th, 2024

Rev Ronda Del Boccio, an international speaker and award-winning author, will co-present a marketing playshop titled, “”Marketing Makeover” at the Ozarks Writers League Spring Writing Conference April 13th at the Best Western Inn and Conference Center in Branson West, Missouri. The goal of this 2-part session is to help attendees take action on marketing musts in a fun way.

Award-winning author Annie Lisenby will lead Part 1, where she will teach authors how to use tools such as Canva to create social media posts easily. Both authors will assist people with implementation in Part 2. Del Boccio will instruct the group in building collaborative cohorts so help boost each other’s social posta and get more traction.

The goal is to help people get more active in their marketing and to build groups who all help each other, because together, evryone is strnger

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The Ozarks Writers League has been in existence for 41 years and currently has 2 writing conferences per year. Membrs may attend all conferences for no additional fee with their paid membership of only $30 at this time. OWL also hosts an annual writing contest with over 20 categories, and entrants must be members.

For information about the conference, visit the OWL Conferences Page.

Using Embracing Intuition Affirmation Cards

If you are a highly intuitive or psychic person, chances are excellent that our culture has tried to shut you down. Perhaps you don’t trust your inner guidance, or you’re afraid to speak your truth.

Embracing Intuition Affirmation Cards is a set of 91 affirmations designed to help you embrace, trust, and enhance your intuitive abilities..

Embracing Intuition Affirmation Cards in circle layout with box in center

Watch this video

Video showing ways to go deeper with this deck

Choose an Affirmation

When you get your deck in the Deckible app, you’ll be able to let the app–with the help of your guides–choose a statement. Here’s a sample…

Can We Smite Him? PLEASE? #StorySnack

Hello! Welcome to this little story snack, aka flash fiction tale in exactly 100 words. This one’s inspired by a photograph of a lightning strike for Friday Fictioneers. If you’d like to contribute a story to the cicle, just go to the linked original post and follow the instructions.

The Photo Prompt

© Dale Rogerson

The Inspiration

A man person.

The Story: Can We Smite Him? PLEASE?

Guardian Angel Parael looked directly into his supervisor’s eyes. “I can’t be Patrick’s angel anymore.”

Granuel flicked his wings. “Really? Why should you be relieved of your duties?”

 “His mean streak has gone to evil.”

“In what way? Spill all the tea, man.”

“Long list. He has never struck his wife or step-daughter, but he abuses them daily.”

“And?” Granuel encouraged.

He made his disabled tenant pay a huge home repair bill she can’t afford for a home she doesn’t own.”

Granuel sighed. “Oh, how I wish the Almighty would go back to striking people down for things like that.”

Thanks for reading!

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Ronda Del Boccio

Award-winning author, photographer, and artist

About Ronda Del Boccio

Ronda Del Boccio, aka The Story Lady, is an award-winning and best-selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her from doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and teaches authors and entrepreneurs how to make life-changing connections with their audiences through storytelling.

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The Portal Mural – Flash Fiction #StorySnack

The Portal Mural

This story is inspired by a photo prompt for Friday Fictioneers 12 May 2023. Anyone is welcome to play. Just write a 100-word story INSPIRED BY the photo prompt, then share it to your blog and read & comment on a bunch of the other stories.

Here’s the photo prompt.

Photo (c) Jennifer Pendergast

And here’s my story, “The Portal Mural

A woman gestured at Ila’s mural, “I swear I could pluck that sunflower right off your painting.”

Ila, who never spoke, smiled. She had trained her whole life for this moment. Everything had to be just right if she was ever to recreate the magical portal.

Aunt Tildi showed her that real meadow—and the occult artform necessary to recreate it.

Tildi told her that day, “this meadow and I will disappear at sundown, When you can paint it perfectly, you can come join us.”

With a crowd watching, Ila stepped into her painted portal.

Everyone thought it was CGI.

Thanks for reading!

Cheers to your #BLISSfulLife!!

Ronda Del Boccio

Award-winning author, photographer, and artist

About Ronda Del Boccio

Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best-selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her from doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda’s books on Amazon at Amazon..com/author/rondadelboccio.

f you’d like to write your own story for this writing prompt, please feel encouraged!

Fine Linen and a View

Thanks for stopping by for another “story snack,” as I call it. Here you have a healthy 100-word-pack  story based on a photo prompt. This story is based on a real-life experience. Enjoy!

If you’d like to write your own take on the photo prompt, go to this week’s Friday Fictioneers post

Photo (c) Lisa Fox

by Ronda Del Boccio

When my boss gave me a $150 gift certificate to the fanciest restaurant in Branson, I was surprised but not thrilled. I’m not impressed by fancy. I don’t require posh. We could eat twice at a modest eatery for that money.

As usual, I didn’t have a plus one, so I invited my mom and her husband.

I ordered medallions of lamb, which were spectacular. But no need for a take-home box. And my dessert also looked like a child’s portion of custard.

We laughed at the linen tablecloths and gigantic windows offering a stunning view of the parking lot.

Rummy Wars – Flash Fiction “Story Snack”

Rummy Wars –  Flash Fiction

This is for Friday Fictioneers for 24 March 2023. Feel free to write your own story and click the frog on her post to play with us.

This post is inspired by the PHOTO PROMPT © Liz Young below, which shows a bunch of joker playing cards strewn on a surface. It brought me back to my grandparents’ rummy games. My mom andaunt bought them each Nerf baseball bats so they could swat each other when one gloated too much or won the game.

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Lucile and Bob sat at the  table playing their almost-daily rummy game. Each had a glass of iced tea and a Nerf baseball bat beside them.

Lou picked up the card her husband Bob had discarded. With a gleeful smile,  she stuck it between two other cards in her hand.

Bob shook his head. “I gave you just what you needed, didn’t I?”

“Yes. Thank you for the nine.” Lou flourished then laid down her fanned-out cards. “Seven, eight, nine, ten, and jack of clubs. And RUMMY!”

Smiling, Bob picked up his foam bat and swatted her on the head.

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Connecting wiht Divinity: A Spiritual Cleaning Mandala – Ho ‘oponopono Cleaning Tool

Have you ever felt jangly or disconnected and you wanted something to help bring you back into alignment? This piece of art will help you do that. Simply take a breath and gaze into its depths. Please share this with anyone you believe may benefit.

I love you. I’m sorry. Please forgive me. Thank you.

I forgives me.

May you be abundantly blessed this day and all days.

Thanks for reading!

Want more stories?

This blog is full of story snacks for you to “munch” upon, and you can find my books on Amazon or wherever you get your reads.

cover of the paranormal best-seller They All Died Smiling

Cheers to your #BLISSfulLife!!

Ronda Del Boccio

Award-winning author, photographer, and artist

About Ronda Del Boccio

Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best-selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her from doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda’s books on Amazon at Amazon..com/author/rondadelboccio.

Create Your BLISSFUL Life – Synova Cantrell Interviews Ronda Del Boccio

Interviews are fun for me. I get into a Flow State and am completely in service of the moment. Synova Cantrell (SynovaLink.com) is a fabulous interviewer, because she is as focused on providing value for her audience as I am, and she is lively. You can check out our interview here.

Video of interview with best-selling & award-winning author Ronda Del Boccio

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Thanks for reading!

Want more stories?

This blog is full of story snacks for you to “munch” upon, and you can find my books on Amazon or wherever you get your reads.

cover of the paranormal best-seller They All Died Smiling

Cheers to your #BLISSfulLife!!

Ronda Del Boccio

Award-winning author, photographer, and artist

About Ronda Del Boccio

Ronda Del Boccio is an award-winning and best-selling author of both fiction and nonfiction. She has been mostly blind since birth, but she never lets that stop her from doing what she wants to do. She tells transformational tales and helps visionary authors turn their dreams and imaginings into published books. See and order Ronda’s books on Amazon at Amazon..com/author/rondadelboccio.

The Road or the Mirror | Flash Fiction | Friday Fictioneers 13 Jan, 2023

Hello and welcome back to another story snack! Here is the 100-calorie-pack of writing, a 100-2ord short story. based on the Friday Fictioneers Writing Challenge for 13 January 2023. Feel free to write your own story and come play. Here’s mine.

PHOTO PROMPT (C) Fleur Lind

Genre: Narrative/memoir

The Road or the Mirror?

With all its heartache, some kicked 2022 to the curb.

Not me. I felt that way about 19, 20, and 21. My soul-crushing 22 far surpassed the them.

So, I said nothing as 22 passed into tearful memories.

And yet, I rise from last year’s ashes.

My traumatized rescue cat, Twitch, learned how to receive love.  

The untimely passing of my guide dog brought me a charming, stub-tailed yellow lab named Glamour, who makes me laugh every day. She inspired me to write my first children’s book.

And so, I focus on the road ahead instead of the rear-view mirror.

Thanks for reading!

Ronda Del Boccio

Pollinators in the Park: 100-Word Flash Fiction

Well, I’m finally playing with the 100-word Friday Fictioneers flash fiction story again! Feel free to write your own take on this prompt and come play!

The objet of the game is to write a story of exactly 100 words inspired by the photo prompt.

PHOTO PROMPT © Roger Bultot and I have no idea what this is supposed to be

“Today, we’re going to Rochester Municipal Park,” said Katie, my guide dog trainer.

I shouted for joy. My new dog jumped up, stub-tail wagging at lightning speed.

Katie laughed. “I knew you’d be happy, Ronda.”

Much had changed since I went to Michigan for my first Leader Dog, including a new sundial in 2017 and my favorite, the 2022 Louise Jones mural featuring local plants and pollinators. Black-eyed susans and purple coneflowers (echinacea), popped up amidst vibrant green blades of grass while bees, moths, and butterflies cavorted around.

I love that all of Jones’s murals feature only local elements.

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Here’s a photo from my trip to see this gorgeous mural.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmw0PsgPrWR/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link