The beauty and beast within competitiveness

The other day, a strange thing happened. During my commute home (on my bicycle) I got stuck behind an older gentleman who, while maintaining a respectable speed, was traveling a little too slow for my tastes. To make it worse, he’d speed up right as I went to...

New look, new focus

I’m a chronic “messer-wither” (in my husband’s eloquent wording.) Yes, I mess with things beyond all reason. However, I’ll argue that I had very valid reasons to spruce up my website. First – It needed a better overall theme with...

The secret to success at a writer’s conference

There are hundreds of writer’s blogs. Within each of those blogs, there are a handful of posts that give advice for writers attending a writer’s conference. Honestly, I’ve probably read them all, and if you’re a pre-published author and taking...

Becoming a better blogger…a better writer

What sort of time commitment have you put into your dream? Master blogger Seth Godin was asked how he got to be so good at blogging. He replied, “I wrote a thousand blogs.” Malcolm Gladwell in “Outliers” states it takes ten years, or 10,000...

My adventures from the wild, blue yonder (conference)

        The classes, the keynotes, the breaks, the meals – everything was filled with an energy and creativity that spread like wildfire. I had a great time attending Susan May Warren’s Coaching Class about the internal journey of a...