I have to admit that a lot of the topics I end up writing about come from the posts that I see on Facebook.  Sometimes I see a post and I think, “Hmmm, that’s a good topic to write about,” but I want to think on it more, so I put it in my brain’s filing cabinet and let it…

November…it’s “no-shave” month (for men only, please) and also a month to express gratitude for all of the wonderful things we have been blessed with.  In previous years, I’ve seen daily posts on Facebook during the month of November, in which my friends posted about what they were thankful for.  The most common posts have always involved family, friends, and…

There are three reasons I’m writing today.  One is because I just created a separate Facebook page for my writing and it’s pretty empty, so I need to put something on it.  The second reason is because I’m off today, so I can.  The third is because I’m super-duper excited about a phone call I just had and I want…

“Smooth seas never made a skilled mariner.”  I went on the internet to find out who gets credit for that saying, but I couldn’t find a definitive answer.  One article said it was Franklin D. Roosevelt, while another said it was an English proverb, so who knows?  But hats off to FDR, the English-proverb-maker, or whoever else really said it,…

The other day, a friend asked me what I planned on writing about this week.  I said, “I don’t know yet.”  I had no clue.  Being unable to think of something to write about happens to me a lot, but then I’ll talk to someone or see something and voila! – I’ve got my topic.  Unfortunately, this week’s topic is…

A few weeks ago I wrote about editing.  Between then and now, I’ve finished the edit and have sent it to the publisher.  She is doing another read-through and then is giving it to some beta readers.  If you know what beta readers are, forgive me for telling you something you already know, but if you don’t know, beta readers…

Shortly after I finished my book, I was speaking on the phone with Erika, the lady who was going to edit the book for me.  She said she was excited and that she couldn’t wait to read it.  I told her not to get too excited because I didn’t even really know if it was any good.  I mentioned that…

“Life is like a box of chocolates; you never know what you’re gonna get.”  Ah, the famous line that probably everyone in the world has heard.  It’s so famous, you still hear people say it almost 25 years later.  Of course, such wise words could only originate from the equivalent of a sage…someone’s mother.  In this case, it was Forrest…

I think I’ve been subconsciously putting this one off.  I was going to write about this last week, then decided on something else.  Same thing the week before.  And the week before that.  It’s a topic that is highly debatable and what I have to say about it is likely to piss some people off.  No, politics isn’t the topic,…

Have you ever been listening to a song and one part in the lyrics jumps out and grabs you?  A part that you just connect with?  There are a few songs that have one or two parts that I totally connect with.  Breathe, by Anna Nalick is one of those songs, and it actually has two parts that I dig, but this…