by toby | Mar 17, 2013 | Life
The Beauty Venture: collecting beauty for thirty days. I’ve decided to “collect beauty” for thirty days. I don’t even really know what that means, or what it will do, but I have a sense it will be life quality enhancing. As a mental health professional and...
by toby | Mar 14, 2013 | The Writing Life
Stolen in Paradise cover reveal will knock your heels off! Stolen in Paradise, A Lei Crime Companion Novel, is on track for an April release. The pieces are coming together, starting with the cover! So, I had this idea for a different sort of “feel” to...
by toby | Mar 9, 2013 | Life
Flipping the coin of adventure. In saying yes to adventure, you don’t just get the fun bits. This year, I’ve decided to be more open to trying new things, saying yes to stuff outside my comfort zone. Right now, after a recent “adventure” to the Big...
by toby | Feb 28, 2013 | The Writing Life
Harvest ideas through creative daydreaming. Generating ideas through daydreaming: we all do it. Happens in a nanosecond, probably happened when you clicked on the link opening this blog. Daydreaming has many functions to it: mental rehearsing, storing information in...
by toby | Feb 19, 2013 | The Writing Life
Getting to know readers: the new accessibility. Getting to know readers is one of the joys of being an author. The Lei Crime Series seems to strike a chord in people, and they respond to it—they find me on Facebook, they wait for me to appear at the gym after spotting...