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. …

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…

Good writing means you have something you are passionate about — I’ve been a professional writer for over 30 years. I’ve been a newspaper reporter, a magazine editor, a freelance writer, and a researcher, and I authored three books, two professionally published. This is to say; I’ve had years of writing experience, some of it very successful. Why am I tooting…

Don’t touch my stuff! I’m not sure when I recognized I have a weird relationship with certain items that are not alive, and I’m not talking about the usual stuff like heirlooms or paintings. I’m talking about stuff you cook with, and, not something your grandmother handed down, like her…

The Trials and Tribulations of a Suburban Chicken Owner In 2003, I got caught up in the Dot Bomb disaster layoffs with my husband. Two casualties in Silicon Valley. The community was awash in selling fancy new cars, boats, and condos. The former heady attitudes that nothing could ever touch…

Try these suggestions to fire up your imagination No one ever achieves their creative writing goals. Even the most successful writers are still working at finding just the right word. The word that explains everything “in one word.” So, if you are not a New York Times Best Seller, how…

The famous shoot-out that rocked the Peoples Food System In case you are unaware, San Francisco was instrumental in the organic food industry. It was the craze that swept the nation. …