In achieving our goals, sometimes we lose the things we love along the way. You would think that losing a significant amount of weight would be a good thing, and of course, it is. For[…]

Turn Your Everyday Life into a Drama and Perfect your Pitch! Tonight I dropped a work colleague home and took a wrong turn. This lead me to thinking about various “what if” scenarios in my[…]

“Above the clamor of the busy suburban supermarket, Helen heard the buzzing of a bee. She followed the sound into the deep, open petals of an arum lily, and watched its slow dance on the[…]

As a new author, I found this videos a great insight in what to expect when pitching to agents at a literary conference. https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=pitching+to+a+literary+agent#id=1&vid=38d5782ade64ec192e0727529beb4ca6&action=click

When I was growing up, there were a lot of stories about people beating the odds and coming through in spite of insurmountable challenges. In other words, a lot of fictional characters were set up[…]

The online writing community offers a lot of support, knowledge and inspiration. Since starting my blog about a month ago, I have learned a lot from the online writing community and met some lovely people.[…]