Write what you know. I’m a woman, I write what I know. The struggle between holding down a job and caring for a family. The struggle between living my life and chasing after a lifelong dream. Honestly I believe we can’t have it all, at least not all in a […]
confidence
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Confidence I don’t throw the word Confidence around lightly. It is my biggest foe, my biggest hope. I lack it most of the time, but when I am a confident writer, employee, mother, I’m unstoppable. Confidence is the writer’s biggest asset, it gives you the strength to endure low sales, […]
Being You I’ve been a fan of the rock group Queen since I was in middle school. Queen was my first rock concert in August, 1982. I finally saw Bohemian Rhapsody today actually. The move struck a chord with me. Freddie Mercury, he was at times an ass, he was […]
It Fell Into My Lap – A Giving Moment So preoccupied with my own things, I hadn’t thought about giving back, until four days before Thanksgiving, when my dad gave me a tip about an event honoring military personnel in basic training at the Great Lakes Naval Academy just north […]
This is Life Life is hard. We work full-time. We have children, friends, family, hobbies if we’re lucky. We need to eat well, exercise daily. I have an adult child with severe anxiety, ADD and OCD. My youngest is a transgender male. There’s sleepless nights worrying about the extraordinary and […]
She Believed She Could, So She Did – R. S. Grey I’m not much of a self-help kinda girl. I don’t criticize those who like that stuff. For me it’s just so cult like. That someone could convince you to be a certain way or do a certain thing by […]
There is No Such Thing as Writer’s Block So how can I say that? Because yes, there are days that I can sit at the computer and the words don’t come. Other days, different things become more important and I put off the writing because it’s hard. It’s not writer’s […]
The Opportunity: Pitching an Agent All we writers want is that single opportunity to give our book to an agent. To have one person be intrigued enough to ask for a full manuscript. It’s the first step, to traditionally publishing a book. You don’t interview agents and pick the one […]
The Young Dreamer When we are young, I think we all made up stories in our heads. Maybe when we were playing with dolls or building forts in our backyards. We made up the good guys and the bad guys. We made up the winners and the losers. We made […]
March is Women’s History Month It brings me back to a familiar topic here on my blog – the strong female character at the heart of an interesting, complex story. As a fan, I look to books and movies that feature kick-ass women as their lead. These ladies are the […]
Hero Search I search for a hero. It’s my current life’s quest or, in this case, of television time, it’s the theme I’m most drawn to as I clamor for a new television show. Generally I watch television for two reasons: first and simply, to entertain me. Secondly and more […]
When the Confidence Rut First Started A few years ago with a lack of confidence, I joked about dying my hair red and calling myself Lola. My plan was try new things, reinvent myself, pull up and out of the mire, regain my confidence. I came up with a list […]
The Greatest Confidence Boost The greatest boost of confidence that I have ever experienced was writing my first book. The greatest loss of confidence started when I tried to sell the book. Being confident is like riding a roller coaster. There are so many highs and lows, twists and turns, […]
Defining My Life Defining my life fell into two separate and distinct periods of time; life before my daughter was born with a terminal disease and the path life took after. The single defining moment for me, was that second, that single moment before she was born (via C-section) and […]
Why do I write? So why do I write? It’s an intriguing question; to ask someone why they do what they do. What brought them to their profession, hobby, fandom? I took to reading early, ravenously read through entire series. It didn’t matter if it was Nancy Drew, Judy Blume, […]