Writer’s State of Mind

Writer’s State of Mind

By Monday mid-afternoon, I had hit my goal of writing and scheduling my weekly blog posts through August. And it was only the end of April. If I keep this up, I’ll have the rest of the year’s posts completed by the end of May, I thought. Four weeks later,...
A Wise Perspective on Health, Self and Life

A Wise Perspective on Health, Self and Life

Over the last year-plus, most of us have experienced Covid in a variety of personal ways. We’ve been forced to isolate. Work has been impacted. Friends and family have gotten sick, as have some of us. In short, it’s been a tough slog. But the journey has...
Writers Are Made-Not Born

Writers Are Made-Not Born

Inspiration often comes when we least expect it. So does the validation of one’s assumptions. One of my pet theories is that writers don’t just pop into life fully equipped with the ability to realize their propensity for the written word. I’ve...
Writer Self-Doubt

Writer Self-Doubt

Feeling frustrated? Indulging in a little (or a lot) of writer self-doubt? To Kill a Mockingbird author Nelle Harper Lee was so disenchanted with her manuscript that she threw it out the window of her New York apartment. Luckily, since those were the days of...