Summer Lost (or Summer Gained): It's how you slice it.
I didn’t have a summer this year, and I feel sorry for myself. Maybe you can relate. Here’s what I didn’t do that I usually do: Visit family Go anywhere beachy Garden Ride my horse in the woods...
View ArticleGreat Advice for Writers
This piece on NPR really spoke to me. Gladwell’s “10,000 hours rule” in his book Outliers: The Story of Success can indeed turn you into an overnight success, ten years in the making. Don’t give up!...
View ArticleLOVE FEST
Okay—I’m back. Suitcase still sitting in the corner of my bedroom. Mouse droppings all over my office. River birches flaxen. Dark cool mornings. Silence at night save for coyotes and the...
View ArticleAuthor Magazine and the Wonderful Bill Kenower.
So, as many of you may know, I took a personal day in Seattle on Sunday on my way back home from doing readings in San Francisco. You can see the visuals here. I met with Bill Kenower for an … Continue...
View ArticleLetter to a Young Blogger
Recently a blogger wrote to me asking for advice, feeling desperate and raw the way that every writer feels. I get a lot of letters, for which I am deeply thankful, and have learned that I have to be...
View ArticleThe Year My Mother Hit the Road
If you haven’t stepped into my house during the day, you wouldn’t know what it sounds like. There is NPR on low in the kitchen, an occasional UPS delivery and thusly, the occasional sounds of a golden...
View ArticleLost in Translation?
A lot of things have been blessings in disguise from this journey of book, but one of the greatest ones has been knowing that my words are reaching people all over world. Wow. Wow. The UK has been...
View ArticleOn The Road: (or Where am I?)
You may think the road is glamorous…but think again. There are lessons in limos that you might not expect… Origninally published in Author Magazine I’m home now after two months on the road promoting...
View ArticleI’d love to speak in your neck of the woods!
Sooo…some shameless self-promotion: if your business, school, social group, club, library etc. is looking for a speaker who is all about empowerment…pick me! Here’s the scoop:...
View ArticleWhat I Learned on Career Day…
as featured in Huffington Post 50 Recently, I was asked to be on a panel of professionals for Career Day at a local therapeutic prep school in the Montana woods. I had no idea what to expect. I went to...
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