My Life
#Traveling to Canada from Maui #tobytravels
We are traveling to Prince Rupert, Canada, to house swap with a family there, and thinking to be as direct as possible, we took a red eye on Air Canada from Maui to Vancouver. I was grateful for two things: 1) I didn’t faint. I’ve had a situation develop in the last...
Five reasons procrastination is a valid coping strategy
Five reasons procrastination is a valid coping strategy took form in my thoughts as my co-authoring partner, Emily Kimelman, and I deferred, for the third time, a difficult task we needed tackle involving coordinating a day-by-day timeline of the plot of our series...
Insights from a wellness retreat
Insights from my recent wellness retreat were hard won, but worthwhile, so I thought I’d share for those who may be looking for a health solution that's a little "outside the box." Some of you may know that I’ve struggled for years with an increasingly over-reactive...
Bethany Hamilton surfs like a girl, moms like a woman
There was six-foot surf goddess in my bedroom! Bethany Hamilton surfs like a girl, but moms like a woman, and last week, Bethany arrived on Maui with her hunky husband Adam, baby Tobias, father Tom, and filmmaker Aaron Lieber, to capture footage for her upcoming film,...
New year's resolutions and embracing mediocrity
Embracing mediocrity was a turning point for me, but New Year’s resolutions have always been a favorite flagellation. For the last twenty years and more, every New Year’s eve I’d go off by myself to review my journals from the year. The last ten years, I’d go up on...
When your dog dies
When your dog dies, even after a long slow decline as our old girl did today, it’s a feeling not quite like any other, a unique grief. Dogs are so completely unconditionally loving that having that presence go…well, I’ve cried harder today than I have at human...
Random encounter with #gratitude
I had a random encounter with gratitude today. Maui dawned cool, foggy and rainy, unusual for our island, known for depthless skies and broad vistas. Something about the weather made me sleepy and sad, filled with nostalgia for when my kids were younger and I was a...
My Writing
All about those Toby Neal audiobooks!
ALL ABOUT THOSE TOBY NEAL AUDIOBOOKS! Introducing the AUDIOBOOKS tab on my website! Hurrah--you can now scroll through all of my books in audio, in ONE EASY PLACE! Check it out HERE, and at the tab at the top of the Home page. Yay! Who else LOVES audiobooks? They are...
Chased by bighorn sheep!
This is not some wacky clickbait line of B.S.! I really WAS chased by a herd of bighorn sheep on our road trip camping in Flaming Gorge, Utah. If you haven't checked out my separate travel blog, it's time to do so! I write about our many traveling adventures on our...
Where do I begin with Toby Neal books?
⭐?? WHERE DO I BEGIN WITH TOBY NEAL BOOKS?⭐?? Since my new thriller novel came out the other day, people have been asking me where and how to get started with my book series! Yes, I know. There are so many! Lots of readers are hesitant to jump into the middle of a...
You know you want WIRED REVENGE! Available NOW.
WIRED REVENGE is AVAILABLE NOW! Grab yours! Be sure to set aside an uninterrupted day to read, because you won't be able to put it down! Here's what advance readers are saying: "If I could give this book ten stars, it wouldn't be enough!" Nadine, Goodreads "This book...
Wired Revenge is headed your way!
HITTING BOOKSTORES ON FEBRUARY 24...WIRED REVENGE! Grab yours now! Be sure to set aside an uninterrupted day to read, because you won't be able to put it down! "If I could give this book ten stars, it wouldn't be enough!" Nadine, Goodreads If Lisbeth Salander and Jack...
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