Shift Your Mindset And other BS: 2 Simple Tools

Man, do we hear this all the time these days. Be confident. Be happy. Think positively. All good ideas, in theory. But how do you make them actually work? Positive thinking as a mindset has been around a long, long time. Napoleon Hill’s book, Think and Grow Rich is a...

ARE YOU YOUR ENEMY?

Man, I sure can be! It seems that with particular setbacks, which of course we all have, at times I can descend into total self-pity. And we all know where that leads! Not everything works out. Now I know, that’s not a news flash. But when you’re in the arena, you’re...

HERE I AM CRANKY, HAPPY, AND A SIDE OF REGRET

So, I plan my life. Meticulously. Wearing 4 distinct hats, each of the endeavors under them pretty much a full-time job. I sometimes end up panting at one time or another during the day. You know the drill—where you’re racing to keep pace with the insanity of your...

The Best Advice I Ever Got

And I thought it was about writing. Well, it was about writing, that part’s for sure. But as art imitates life and vice-versa, this wisdom was about both. A couple of decades ago I participated in a writer’s group, for many years. And made tons of friends there, many...

BEFORE YOU CAN FIND BLISS DO THIS: READ

I saw the most amazing thing on the Today Show yesterday morning. Warmed my heart, caused my serotonin levels to shoot through the roof, and of course it centered around a topic I’m crazily passionate about: Reading. Oh, my God, do I love to read. Always have. Even...

HAPPINESS, HORSES AND BACK PORCHES

My characters always end up on porches. I mean, all the time. Literally, all the time. In I Just Came here to Dance, we spend much of the novel sitting on the porch, telling and enacting myths. Both passions of mine 🙂  The novel is a myth within a myth, so that makes...