Month: December 2018
Give Yourself the Gift of Presence
There’s a big difference between presents and presence. Unfortunately, it’s hard to see being present for others as more than giving them presents. We’ve reached…
Getting To Know Your Audience – What Readers Really Want In a Book
In graduate school, I taught first year English composition courses. One of the first lessons each semester was a crash course on rhetoric.Rhetoric involves understanding…
Five Ways To Reward Yourself When Setting Goals
When it comes to goal setting, it’s easy to see the big picture of where you want to be at the end. Lose twenty pounds….
What I’m Listening To – My Favorite Podcasts for Writing and Creativity
We all have favorites. Favorite television shows. Favorite books. Favorite sports teams. We share those regularly when talking with friends or interacting on social media….
Why Fairy Tales Still Matter: Finding Comfort In the Familiar World of Magic and Journey
Once Upon A Time… Most people recognize this line as an opening for a fairy tale. Fairy tales are part of our collective literary and…
How Simple Changes In Perspective Change Your Motivation
When my nieces decided to start reading the Harry Potter series, they soon realized the length of the books would challenge them even though they…
