I think my house is the site of a truly bizarre and under reported but not uncommon weather phenomenon. I’m quite sure a tornado hit my daughters’ room over the weekend. On Friday, it everything was on the shelves and in the drawers and it could safely be described as orderly. Then sometime over the weekend this thing happened and nothing is where it should be. I...
Read MoreYou want to be a writer? Then write. It’s that simple. Hah! No it’s not. A) Writing a lot doesn’t necessarily make you any good and B) Finding the time to write when you’ve already got a full life can be next to impossible. So does that mean it’s hopeless? Absolutely not. It’s just not quite as simple as we’d like it to be....
Read MoreDo you have a story running around in your head looking for a way out? Are there characters in your mind trying to break down walls to escape? If you are looking for some incentive and some structure to get moving, join us starting Thursday for an affordable three-week online work shop. We’ll talk about how to get those great ideas out of your head and onto...
Read MoreA study recently published in Psychological Science that showed people make bad financial decisions when they’re sad. Apparently, sad people would rather have less money immediately than to wait awhile get more. In contrast, people who are disgusted will still make the more financially beneficial decision to hold out for the extra dollars. Clearly, when it...
Read MoreEven though I write for a living and even though I do it nearly every day, I don’t always love it. In fact, sometimes, I really don’t like it at all. This is especially true if I’m writing a “high stakes” piece. I would consider this to be anything that someone else is going to read – which is just about everything I write! I want...
Read MoreI have a secret to share with you. Good writing is hard – really hard. I’ve heard from many people who think they’re not good writers. They think this because they find it difficult to write, or because they read what they’ve written and they don’t like it. Neither of these are an indication that a person is a bad writer. In fact, they are two very good signs of...
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