Ask Yourself These Five Questions As a writer, I have had my share of rejections. It goes with the territory. Hopefully, it doesn’t defeat you and you continue to get out there with your work and keep submitting potential freelance clients, publishing houses, agents, and contests. Of course, we all…

I found the perfect antidote to writer burnout We’ve all learned how certain practices support others. Such a taking a walk can help us work out a problem or vacuuming the carpet encourages the resolution for a dilemma. For me it is hard labor of picking fruit and canning that…

Tips On How to Grow Your Business Faster and Maintain Momentum For new companies that want to ramp up quickly, the “go to” approach for fast growth is “growth hacking.” Growth hacking is a method for start-ups to reach larger audiences in a short amount of time. It’s a way…

Writing is about inhabiting an entire world and everything we experience When we walk through life in the real world, there are things around us we don’t necessarily notice. We just absorb the sight and smells that make up our reality. However, in order to bring your book and the…

How to make it work — Life at home changed dramatically when many of us were sent home to work full-time when the pandemic hit. What was once the guest room was transformed into the home office with a new desk and file cabinets. In some ways, we now could have the office of our choice…

Betcha I can help you — Do you know how to look up anything on the Internet safely and completely? Betcha I can improve your search. It all started with my first nonfiction book. I had been a research director for a global technology advising company, Gartner. Before that, I had been a journalist, and research…

I Sat down with Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkel — In 1969, my husband and I lived in the community of Silver Lake near Los Angeles. We first heard of the Tate murders near Hollywood and were horrified. But, the next day, we learned of the La Bianca murders and the entire neighborhood when out of town. Everyone was on…

(No, I can’t name them. You just have to trust me) — As long as I can remember, I’ve loved news and writing. Back in the day, I didn’t go to journalism school as I needed a job to pay my bills, and I needed more time to study journalism for four years. So, I became an X ay tech to support…

Turn your anger into a positive emotion — Have you ever wanted to channel your anger at someone or something to make a change, but thought you could not do anything until you were no longer angry? By that time, you lost the energy to do anything. And, you figured it was a better approach. Well, anger can…