Do you suffer from a lack of belief in yourself or your potential as a writer? Does that keep you from putting fingers to the keyboard or pen to paper? If yes, I'd suggest you watch your dog more closely or take yourself to a dog park. Those who follow this blog know...
As more and more of the writing coach clients I work with get published or opt to self-publish, I find myself increasingly talking about launching a book. So, let's talk about launching your book. You’ve fretted and sweated to write your book. If you’ve finalized your...
What better way to launch a new year of blog posts but with three success stories? My three writing coach clients-turned-authors have several things in common. They’re all in the financial field. They’re all writing books to help promote their business. And the...
What better way to launch a new year of blog posts but with three success stories? My three writing coach clients-turned-authors have several things in common. They're all in the financial field. A couple of them overcame sizeable challenges that could have prevented...
What better way to launch a new year of blog posts but with three success stories? My three writing coach clients-turned-authors have several things in common. They're all in the financial field. A couple of them overcame sizeable challenges that could have prevented...
With the dawning of a new year, I look back on the past one with a sense of wonder. I suppose that's not uncommon, but 2024 was as rewarding as it was challenging. Ten weeks into the year, I experienced a bout of vertigo that left me lying in a darkened room trying my...
I posted this seven years ago and again in 2022. Here's to a year when it no longer seems so pertinent. “This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before.”...
I was lying on my couch enjoying a little downtime along with my two pups, Moke and Misha, and an extra, Harley, who's Misha's sister and visits often. I was chill. They were chill. Until suddenly, they weren't. Little did I know that I was about to experience an...
Tomorrow would have been my mom's 97th birthday. While it's unlikely that she would have lived that long, her death more than 20 years ago hasn't gotten any easier to accept. I discovered just how true that is when I opened an old spiral notebook a few weeks ago and...
I joined Central Oregon's 100 Women Who Care chapter during Covid. Despite--or because--of being closeted at home, I needed a sense that I was making a difference. The first 100 Women Who Care group was founded in 2006 by Jackson, Michigan's former mayor, Karen...
