Be Independent.
As everyone in the U.S. is celebrating the anniversary of our country’s independence, I’m also thinking about my own independence. While circumstances beyond my control did lead me away from my self-employed business to work for someone…
You Only Live Once
It’s that time again…the end of a school year. High school and college graduations; families celebrating the accomplishments and future goals of their high school or college graduates; and students, like my youngest, preparing to move up…
If Wishes were Granted & Dreams Came True
Everyone goes through what most perceive to be a mundane daily life schedule. For most of us, we get up the same time every day, work the same hours, come home to the ultimate question of the…
Motivation fueled by Inspiration
Where do you find inspiration? What keeps you motivated? It’s so easy to be inspired and even motivated when you do something you enjoy, but not so much when what you need to accomplish is something you’d…
Platform Challenge, Day 5
After feeling tired from a day at the office, I’m now beginning to catch my second wind. I think it helps that the light coming through my home office window is a wonderful bright glow, what you…
Platform Challenge, Day 2
Day 2 of the platform challenge is to set your goals, both in the short-term and the long term. One of my main goals is fairly obvious…I wish to finish editing my book and get it published…
Don’t Sink Like a Shark!
I was reading some blog posts the other day and I came across one which I initially just glanced over but eventually came back to out of curiosity. Titled The Hidden Secret, FOMO, and Tubthumping, I was somewhat curious because I…
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A Novel Beginning: Week 18
We’ve finally reached the end. These were the last journal entries during the last week I spent working on my book before finally completing it and printing it out for review. It was during the Christmas holiday…
And the Winner is…
Not me, I’m sorry to say. Am I disappointed? Sure. I was hoping for a phone call or an email telling me how much they liked my short story and wanted to publish it. Am I heartbroken? …
Leap Year or a Year to Take a Leap?
I’m fairly certain a high number of blog posts today will refer to leap year or the fact that it’s a leap day in some form or another. It’s difficult not to comment on something when it…