Writer, Storyteller, or Both

Writer, Storyteller, or Both

July 1 question – Is there anything you’d like to see changed, added, and/or rearranged about the book publishing industry? Because I have no opinions about the July question/prompt, I decided to share a question I was asked at a recent writer event: Is...
Don’t You Dare be a Square

Don’t You Dare be a Square

From Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia: In geometry, a square is a regular quadrilateral. It has four straight sides of equal length and four equal angles. Squares are special cases of rectangles, which have four equal angles, and of rhombuses, which have four...
Glasses

Glasses

Dorothy Parker, one of my forebears – and models – of spunk and bite, famously said, “Guys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses.” Thank goodness I’m long-married to a man who continues to love me mightily, magnificently,...
Do What You Fear –

Do What You Fear –

“Learning more will increase knowledge, but only attempting more will reduce fear. The more you try it, the less you will fear it.”   -James Clear Have you ever felt like you’re in a slingshot, and someone is pulling back the string and you are about to...
Healthy Distance from Old Age

Healthy Distance from Old Age

In two days, my wonderful honey and I will board a ship to cruise the Columbia River Gorge in the Northwest U.S. It’s a celebration, a vacation, a trip to acknowledge our 50 years of wedded bliss. I recently lunched with a group of friends at a centrally located...
Out of Africa

Out of Africa

I once had a friend named Robin. She was svelte and statuesque. Her oval face was framed by pixie cut auburn hair. Her softball pitch was clocked at over 90 mph. She excelled as much in business as she did in sports. Men and women liked her because, despite her good...