With the new year, I’ve been thinking about the future and reassessing my current projects. I’ve been an RMFW member for 23 years. For 12 of those years, I wrote my “Romancing the Tome” column, back when our newsletters were distributed by snail mail. I loved writing it and sharing my publishing journey with my…
A friend sent me this photo, and I laughed out loud. Then a sensation overcame me. You know the feeling, a little tingling in your psyche as the miracle of creativity takes hold, transporting you to a place of bliss and visions and words. A backstory of Santa’s predicament came to mind in gentle bursts…
Fires, politics, spikes in the COVID-19 outbreaks, gloomy news. What’s an author to do to escape the emotional storm clouds and enter the comforting cocoon of creativity? Nature’s good for the soul and the psyche, but with the onset of winter weather, opportunities to hike, leaf-peep, walk, or bicycle will soon vanish. Travel? Not for…
“Attention to detail is not about perfection. It’s about excellence.” – Chris Denny, Speaker, trainer All of life’s big moments are built from a series of seemingly insignificant details. You’ve lived them, and so have I. Many years ago I took a journalism class and my professor recorded me reading news material and delivered it…
Safe at home. Yeah, sure, but even with all this extra time on your hands, you can’t get in gear to write? With all the bad news swirling around these days, it’s no surprise. Here are tips to free yourself from the dark clouds of viruses and pandemonium and put the joy back in your…