Rules Gleaned from Mom for Creativity, Fun, and Writing

Rules Gleaned from Mom for Creativity, Fun, and Writing

Recently I went through my late mother’s old and bulging recipe box — I remember it well from my childhood. It held a magical appeal for me, maybe because it was kept far from my reach on the top shelf of the pantry. Inside, it had family treasures that were collected...
Seasons of Change and Challenge

Seasons of Change and Challenge

Is it just me? Despite the world beginning to open back up a bit after Covid, and let’s face it — another challenging year — as we inch back to some sense of normalcy, this Christmas season has been challenging. Such a whirlwind of busyness and catching up that it has...
Covey, Cloud, and a Clue to Better Writing

Covey, Cloud, and a Clue to Better Writing

“Efficiency with people is ineffective. With people, fast is slow and slow is fast,”Stephen R. Covey “Efficiency with people is ineffective. With people, fast is slow and slow is fast,” said the ever-quotable Stephen R. Covey. It’s not only good advice for...
Dispelling Publishing Myths

Dispelling Publishing Myths

First, forget everything you or your friends, your mother-in-law, popular movies or late night TV commercials may have depicted or encouraged you to assume or expect concerning the process, timing or revenues available through publishing a book.You will not get rich...
Requirements for Writing a Book

Requirements for Writing a Book

As a child I read the classic book Little Women and it gave me a romanticized vision in my head of what being an author would be like: a little outside the norm, with frequent bouts of self-exile pleasantly spent in the attic writing and getting great satisfaction and...