Writing
No one is as smart as everyone
I had a great post planned for today. It was full of bang and zip. It had all kinds of cool thoughts in it. And, it made absolutely no sense. As I said in a previous post, sometimes you need to fail to succeed. While I was pondering the mess that my post had become,…
Read MoreI Get By With a Little Help From My Friends
Once I decided to try to have my writing published, I started doing research. I went to the library, the book store, and searched online for info on how to get published. And, I found a whole lot of scary stories about rejection. The Giving Tree was rejected. Really. It was. And To Think I…
Read MoreYou have a book? What’s it About?
One of the first questions an author gets after someone finds out they have a book is, “What is your book about?” Any author worth their salt should have a stock answer, an elevator pitch, that describes their book in a concise way that will allow the conversation to quickly move to the next question.…
Read MoreThe fine art of failing to succeed
I’ve always had a unique knack for being in the right spot at the right time. It’s helped me get cool jobs, travel, meet interesting people, and it’s led to some fun experiences. It has also helped me overcome some of the negative things that I have experienced. A little over a decade ago, I…
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