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Your business is a business...not a side hustle
I've been going about this all wrong. I've been treating Four Brothers Publications as a side hustle and not the business that it truly is. I didn't go through the hassle of creating an LLC for vanity's sake. I wanted an official name associated with everything that I publish as going through traditional means for publication was a tedious process that led to more rejections than I could count. However, during this process I was validated by two literary agents that read t

J.L. Whitehead
Sep 162 min read


Making Four Brothers Do What It's Designed To Do
So much has happened to me in the past 7 months that I hardly know where to begin. I mean, after all how do you explain my mindset and what has allowed me to get to this point? In November, I was fired from my position at the company that I had been employed by the better part of 8 years. Outwardly when it happened, I acted as if I were fine and that I was going to be okay. Inwardly, I was a mess and there's no shame in admitting that. My husband and I had to figure out wh

J.L. Whitehead
Jun 263 min read


Knowing what's against me, I'm still moving forward
I'm sitting at my desk in my home office listening to Gospel/Christian music and making it a point to heed my heart and mind's advice. ...

J.L. Whitehead
Jun 23, 20252 min read


Stepping Back
With everything that’s going on around me, speaking literally and figuratively, I’ve taken a step back to regroup and renew. You’ll hear...

J.L. Whitehead
Dec 15, 20242 min read


Navigating the marketing aspect of your work
I've exhausted the marketing aspect of my latest work titled, "Plantation." I had my graphics artist create several different ads for...

J.L. Whitehead
Sep 6, 20243 min read


Plantation
I started writing "Plantation" unwillingly. It was only at the urging of a friend who saw my initial draft of the first few pages that I...

J.L. Whitehead
Feb 5, 20242 min read
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