My Life
Porn and cheap tomatoes
My friend Tee Tyson recently did this vlog on porn or “pron” as the Internet generation calls it. I liked how she handled this subject, without getting preachy. Check it out:That Girl Tyson While I was amused by it, I was also experiencing a much stronger reaction:...
F is for Feelings
Feelings are overrated. Yeah, I know. Not the usual thing you hear from a therapist. I do have the usual faces "Emotions Chart" on the wall of my office. That's because I work with kids. Any grownup who doesn't know what they're feeling probably...well. Ahem. Needs...
E is for Emma
I was going to blog about Energy. Until I remembered how little I actually remembered about energy, from Einstein's E=mc2 to the Law of Thermodynamics. There's a lot there, but currently it all boils down to COFFEE for me (should have had that as my C topic) and just...
C= is for Candor
I was going to blog about cats. I didn't, though, because of my pathetic compulsion to try to be original, so I went with something I'm hoping the other 1000+ bloggers participating in this challenge aren't blogging on. But cats would probably be more popular. So I'll...
B- is for being fully present
B- is for being fully present. Be here now. Oh dear. Cliche alert. It's better than my first idea, which was to write about bees. Honeybees, you know, and their mysterious disappearing, something that breaks my heart. But I digress. Yes, I did grow up hippie, and...
A- is for Adventure on April Fool's Day.
In my blog trolling I came across this fun challenge on Karen Gowen's blog, Coming Down the Mountain. The challenge is this- every day in April, blog on a topic from A-Z along with over 800 other bloggers listed on this page.Then, click around on there with all the...
Cheap ‘n Easy Beauty Secrets for the Lazy and Incompetent
I’m the kind of woman who burns herself on curling irons and considers shaving my legs the height of party preparation. I’m not fussy, and the truth is, me and beauty products just don’t do well together. In other words, I’m a "natural beauty."(*cough*cough.* This...
My Writing
Building an Author Platform that can Launch Anything
I toiled over this blog post. It got longer and longer. Basically, it was the story of how Blood Orchids has become a bestseller through "Book Lovers"(read more for definition) social media, and three "overarching principles" that have guided my thinking: PIF, AV, and...
#Creativity in Retirement: Guest Post by author Mimi Barbour
One of my more recent pleasures since the book came out is getting to know other authors. Staying true to the creativity theme of 2012, romance writer Mimi Barbour is joining us today, writing about something I can only dream of: creativity in retirement. Take it...
Creative torches: some people give off sparks.
Creativity is a flame. I’ve often told people, and experienced myself, the way that flame can be fanned and strengthened by some people and damped and stifled by others. Keeping the flame alive is something every artist has to do, and it’s so much easier when...
Purging clutter to to Unleash Creativity
Okay, so you got your Book of Secrets started. You wrote your story and identified themes and stuck spots. You probably then, got a little stuck. (Like I have been, now that I sent off my latest novel.) This is the time to purge clutter. Clutter weighs us down. It...
Postbook depression.
I stayed up until midnight last night finishing a read-though on Stolen in Paradise, my latest book, and then sent it to beta-readers (those intrepid souls who've agreed to have a whack at my first draft) at 12:01 a.m. I hoped to feel good today. Triumphant even. I...
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