…for remembering who you are. I want to start with a message I think needs to be said about Chris Rock and then move onto the problem. Chris Rock showed himself to be a man of character. Not because he agreed not to file charges. Not because he was decent…

…and change your life — I’ve been writing my whole life. Suspense, romance, a little mystery… it’s all good. But just before the pandemic I felt moved to write historical fiction. How’s it going, you ask? I’m still writing! I used to hear about writers who would spend years on one book and I couldn’t…

You are not your character. Writers are in a unique position. We create characters and situations that make readers feel, but in order to do that, we have to live those feelings. When our characters suffer we have to suffer. And when the writing’s not quite right we have to…

Dear Millennials: Our stuff doesn’t become your stuff just because you like it. Just when you think things have died down, somebody writes an article attributing Gen X music to millennials. If you don’t know, I’m talking about the Superbowl Half-time show that featured Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J…

I’m only making phone calls. Let me be clear, I don’t hate Zoom (the company). I don’t hate the convenience it provides. I don’t hate the idea of it. I just hate using it for meetings — it’s intended purpose. I’m happy that it’s there and it’s a resource. I’m unhappy that it’s there and it’s a resource. I know…

How emotion trumps logic; sometimes we do unhealthy things to bond with loved ones. Some time ago I wrote this post about how I bonded with my mother through, what we now know are, unhealthy eating habits. …

What are your eyes saying? My eyes are, arguably, my best feature but I never really knew how to use them to ultimate advantage. You know, like people in movies when the camera zooms up close and the eyes are so expressive. I didn’t realize how much I was relying…

There are people living in the French chateaux we all dreamed about. Ah, France; the home of thousands of chateaux scattered throughout the countryside. You may have seen them? Inspiration behind the castles of every fairytale we read growing up? It’s been a fantasy of mine to someday live in…

Go ahead … eat what you want. Years ago when I was toying around with vegetarianism, I created this sandwich with a lot of my favorite things on it thinking, since I wasn’t having meat I wouldn’t skimp on anything else. So I chose some crusty bread, toasted it a…