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Sometime in April of 1973, just days after I turned twenty-one, I started waitressing at The Whisky A Go Go on Sunset Boulevard. I knew...

I put aside a work in progress, a manuscript that needs to settle before I can pick it up again. Such an action stirs in me other...

One of the things that I’ve learned about being a writer is that you need a platform in order to share, promote and market your work....

In the mid-1960’s in South Denver, a short distance from the apartment where my mother and I lived, was a hotel on Colorado Boulevard. I...

Writing is one thing. Marketing yourself to the world is another. On the one hand I don’t think that the desire for readers is an...

Melinda’s divine cake, with a frosting to die for . . . For most of my adult life I have been a carrot juice swilling, veggie chomping,...

I’ve recently come to realize that I’ve been a part of a movement that I didn’t look for, didn’t ask for, and didn’t see because it was...

Welcome to Texas road sign at the state border with some bullet holes This isn’t the first time that I’ve overthought something and maybe...

My new neighborhood reminds me of the opening credits in Desperate Housewives. Behind the beautiful front doors, the manicured lawns,...

I like the “new” in front of New Year. Other than that, there’s not really anything that I celebrate. New Year’s eve is my least favorite...

Is it the need to heal some childhood wound of wanting to get it right? Or is there a deeper reason, like wanting to get the most from...

I have yet to find any better attitude than gratitude. There’s a scene from Viktor Frankl’s book, Man’s Search for Meaning that will...

On the one hand, you have to be a little bit crazy to want to lock yourself into a room several hours each day to create worlds with the...

This morning I made myself a to-do list, a reminder list of the simple things that make me a kinder, happier person. I hope that you find...

What marks the beginning of the spring and summer months for you? Please share with me in the comments. #spirituality #joy #introspection...

A few days ago an old friend, Kitty, emailed me that she was cleaning out a file cabinet and had found several of my letters. She scanned...

Corporate America is so huge, so vital to our economy that we are secondary citizens. Corporations are the primary citizens, and as such,...

My writing journey is pretty inspirational, at least to me. For the past four years, I have been doing what musicians call...

I woke up this morning and wished myself a Happy Birthday, then said a little prayer; “thank you for 65 years of living.” I meant it too....

So why write a book at all? I’ve asked myself this question in the past year as I’ve slogged through the slow revision and polish process...