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The Importance of Completing Things
I‘m a great starter. I love to start things. It’s exciting, new and my energy is high. I’m also a pretty decent finisher. Mostly because when you finish something then you get to start something new....
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Focus On The Process, Not The Results
When I have a goal or I want something, I tend to get really caught up in the results that I’m looking for. But what I’ve learned is that it’s better to focus on the process of what you’re doing, and...
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There Are No Rules
Rules make us feel comfortable. We follow the rules, do what we are supposed to do, and reap the reward at the end. Follow the rules, get the prize. Easy. Only I’m not so convinced that there really...
View ArticleCuriosity
The next time curiosity grabs you and wants to take you somewhere, go wherever it wants you to go. Even if wherever it’s leading you seems odd or unnecessary or if it seems to have no purpose for your...
View ArticleSay What You Mean
A friend and co-worker of mine at a former job once told me: “say what you mean.” It was in response to my complaining that I had to talk to someone and I didn’t know what I was supposed to say. I...
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My Novel for 99 Cents + New Book
Hi All. My young adult novel, Uncover, is currently available as an e-book for 99 cents on Smashwords.com with coupon code MP44S (not case sensitive). The coupon code is valid through November 30,...
View ArticleDon’t Get Desperate
When I finished school and was still in the midst of a job search 6 months or so later, I went back to my college to see a career counselor to talk about what I might do better. One piece of advice...
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Quality, Quantity and NaNoWriMo
In 2009, I “won” NaNoWriMo, meaning that I wrote a 50,000 word novel in one month (November). The only qualification for winning was word count. The quality of the story didn’t matter, and you only...
View ArticleThe Skill Of Figuring-It-Out
Sometimes you don’t know what you’re doing, you don’t have everything you need and you feel stuck. In this instance you need to employ the skill of figuring-it-out. Figuring-it-out is a useful skill to...
View ArticleThe Hard Way
Sometimes you learn things the easy way. You listen to advice from someone who’s more experienced than you. You read an article on “best practices” for whatever you’re doing. And then you actually do...
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My Novel
Hi Everyone! This is just a quick note to let you all know that I have written a novel and it is now available as an e-book on Kindle and Smashwords. Uncover is just over 40,000 words in length (about...
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The Importance Of Showing Up
I set a goal at the beginning of 2018 to write and publish a blog post every week. My blog had been languishing in recent years, though I still enjoyed writing for it. I’d post…occasionally when I had...
View ArticleLakeside On Sale Through Friday
Looking for something fun to read as the weather gets warmer? Check out Lakeside, my coming of age YA novel with a touch of the supernatural. Get the ebook version of Lakeside for $2.99 (reg. price...
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The F-Word
Fun, of course. How much fun do you have as a writer? Or as a human being? Writers have a way of talking about writing that makes everything sound very tortured. Full of strife and anguish, and I guess...
View ArticleDoes It Resonate?
There’s a lot of advice out there. Whether you are a writer, a painter, an entrepreneur, a parent or a DIY home improvement person, you’ll find advice–and usually far too much of it. I mean, on the one...
View ArticleMonsters In The Closet: Vampires
…Or under the bed It’s Halloween and I was thinking about writing a post on vampires but then I thought, “Why not all monsters?,” and then I thought, “That would be a really long blog post,” so then I...
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Monsters In The Closet: Ghosts
I’m a believer. You don’t have to convince me that spirits or ghosts or entities or whatever you want to call them exist, and sometimes interact with us. I’m already there. As far as my own experiences...
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Leaving Space In Your Day
Do you ever feel like life is yanking you around by the neck? It’s pretty easy to feel like that. There are many demands on our time and people who need things from us. But feeling like you are on a...
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What I’m Reading, Watching and Listening To
Happy New Year. This tends to be a time when we talk about goals and new beginnings or maybe reflections of the year past, but I had the urge to write about what it is I’m enjoying right now in terms...
View ArticleWhat I’m Reading, Watching and Listening To: February 2019
Reading I had mentioned Lethal White by Robert Galbraith (aka J.K. Rowling) last month and now I’m more than halfway through. It’s a good one. This is the fourth book in the Cormoran Strike series and...
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