Entrepreneurship
Inspiration
Here is the mug a dear friend gave me a few years ago. This friend took a chance on my writing when she started her magazine. We have since started and run a successful business together. Over coffee and slide decks, we dream of future ventures. When she gave me the mug, a...
I started writing in a canyon in Wichita Falls, Texas. In a matter of months I went from working in global financial services, a trendy Seattle neighborhood, to being a stay home mom living in the Bible Belt. I went from a Starbucks on every corner to a tarantulas, rattle snake, or scorpion...
I've spent the last two days making soup and casserole from the turkey we roasted for Christmas. The fact that we roasted said turkey and then drove the meat to New Mexico so that we could make "pocket Thanksgiving" sandwiches during our ski trip is another story for...
Publishing
A writer is someone who writes. And a messenger is someone who gets their message into the world. Neither of those require getting paid to write. However, when you apply a business mindset to any creative effort or cause, you will be more successful. Want to share your voice...
Over the past ten years, I've made a lot more money writing for free than I ever have writing for a fee.
You heard me. Writing for free is my preferred method. Here are my favorite reasons to write for free...
Most people I meet are curious about how long it takes to write a book. I suspect writers ask because they are secretly comparing their process to mine, or they are calculating the free hours in their days, ever convinced that if they only had more time... Non-writers express...
This is the story of three very different books. The process of publishing a book can be thrilling, disheartening, empowering, and everything in between. My three books are very similar to the reader, but the difference in what Blacklisted from the PTA, Who Peed on My ...
Writing
Ambition: A strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work, including the willingness to strive for the attainment of said achievement. That’s a good thing, right?
I have been at this game for 20 years now. I’ve logged my 10,000 hours. And then some. I know what I’m doing. Or do I? These are the best books on writing I turn to again and again. These books are my favorite for fiction, non-fiction, essay, and memoir writing.
They will make you a better writer, and a better person.
My writing career began with the humble Christmas letter. Or, not so humble, as is the tradition. For years I chronicled the noteworthy events of our family at the holidays. I'm not handy with decorative netting, I can't coordinate bulbs and baubles, and choosing gifts gives...
Conversation is powerful, and it’s the foundation of popular media and social. Without conversation we wouldn’t have daytime TV, reality TV, or Facebook. Strong dialogue harnesses the power of conversation. It conveys the messages we want to spread.
Ambition: A strong desire to do or to achieve something, typically requiring determination and hard work, including the willingness to strive for the attainment of said achievement. That’s a good thing, right?