Maybe there was a book I could recommend to my clients. But, I started reading some of the newer industry books, and was appalled at what I found…
Using real people’s personalities, this author created fictional characters that are believable AND fascinating!
One of the Christmas cards caught my attention. It depicted a giant ornately decorated snowman standing in the center of a snow covered path. I live in an apartment building. Next door, there is a forest with a path that has been deliberately cut though the trees – just like that in the card!
During my lengthy reading, she exclaimed, “Learn Feng Shui, write a book, and open a company reflecting energy-work. You will be successful…”
Creative flood gates had opened within me and all I wanted to do was WRITE!
I began writing for “traditional” Catholic publications, and asking questions. I did not like the answers I received…
I never had any intention of becoming an author or speaker. But somehow, the words and stories found me. It all started when I had some thoughts about giving that began bubbling up in me. With sheer terror coursing through my body, I presented my brief message to our church congregation and…
My journey to writing was not a “Light Bulb” moment, but was, instead, a series of lanterns set beside a very long path. Lantern No. 1 was a bored 9-year-old girl who, instead of playing outside in the mosquito-laden Minnesota summer, sat at her grandmother’s wooden farm table, and wrote story after story in her […]
Then, on March 21, the story of Tanya’s rescue from the hands of a pedophile riveted the world. Reporters descended upon her father’s house. Jerry’s phone rang incessantly with interview requests. The quarrel with his neighbor dissipated into a distant concern. Everything to come was like nothing I could have imagined…
Years of being the designated driver eventually frayed the last psychological fibers of my patience, understanding, and acceptance. Alcohol is a commodity, creating jobs, taxes, and many good things. I don’t dispute that. But…
