The Color of Nothing
What my mother didn’t know was how often I wished she’d done as he wanted. I wish I wasn’t even here. I try hard not to be. But she doesn’t appreciate my efforts.
What my mother didn’t know was how often I wished she’d done as he wanted. I wish I wasn’t even here. I try hard not to be. But she doesn’t appreciate my efforts.
Sometimes you don’t know what you need until it appears in front of you. Such is the case with a creativity coach. In the fall of 2013, an offer came across a writer’s loop for free sessions from Denise Agnew. She had to work with a certain number of clients…
I hate the idea of New Year’s Resolutions They’re so…resolute! It’s all or nothing. If I don’t completely achieve them I’ve completely failed. But I like the idea of goals. I can work toward them and even if I don’t make it all the way, I probably accomplished something. I don’t…
You might wonder why my newsletters are so infrequent. It’s because I don’t have any writing news to report. No new books being released. No contracts signed. Right now all I do is write and rewrite. A couple of my fans keep asking when the next book in the Grinding…
First on my list of disappointments were some of my recent library book selections. I could only read two out of five. One was a Lee Child Jack Reacher novel. The other was Betrayal by John Patrick Hunter. The rejected ones were, in no particular order: an award winning (literary?)…
I never Tweet. Mostly because I don’t understand Twitter. I haven’t read my Dummies for Twitter book even though I’ve had it for a year. Besides, who has the time? Between writing fiction, song lyrics, the occasional poem, keeping up with e-mail, working a day job, life in general, and…
The One – Chapter One Spending the summer pressed up against a ten really messed with my self-esteem. Try it sometime. Tens think they’re perfect, like they’re worth so much more than me and others like me. It’s the story of my life. I’ve been used. Abused. Forgotten. Ignored. I…