Radio Show | Author and Psychotherapist, Brett R. Williams http://ping.fm/7wCKz

Radio Show | Author and Psychotherapist, Brett R. Williams

Author and Marriage and Family Counselor, Brett R. Williams discusses his book, “You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married: Love-Based Solutions for Couples“.

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Radio Show | Author and Psychotherapist, Brett R. Williams

Author and Marriage and Family Counselor, Brett R. Williams discusses his book, “You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married: Love-Based Solutions for Couples“.

So tune in.

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Radio Show | Author and Psychotherapist, Brett R. Williams

Author and Marriage and Family Counselor, Brett R. Williams discusses his book, “You Can Be Right or You Can Be Married: Love-Based Solutions for Couples“.

So tune in.

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Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening… http://ping.fm/7rT6t

Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…

My daughter recently stated that she hopes that my husband and I live to a ripe old age and that we die together, much like Noah and Allie in the movie based on The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. My daughter had just finished reading Spark’s novel, now a movie, Dear John.

That’s the great thing about reading books. They awaken us to parts of ourselves, hopes dreams and wishes, and those held for us by loved ones.

That my daughter, not yet 25, could offer me such a gift I find astounding. Most children, and rightfully so, want their parents alive for as long as possible.

Saying this to my daughter, she responded with, “I can handle my life, take care of myself as long as I know that you and Daddy are together somewhere in the universe, even if I’m not with you.” Continue reading ‘Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…’


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Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…

My daughter recently stated that she hopes that my husband and I live to a ripe old age and that we die together, much like Noah and Allie in the movie based on The Notebook, by Nicholas Sparks. My daughter had just finished reading Spark’s novel, now a movie, Dear John.

That’s the great thing about reading books. They awaken us to parts of ourselves, hopes dreams and wishes, and those held for us by loved ones.

That my daughter, not yet 25, could offer me such a gift I find astounding. Most children, and rightfully so, want their parents alive for as long as possible.

Saying this to my daughter, she responded with, “I can handle my life, take care of myself as long as I know that you and Daddy are together somewhere in the universe, even if I’m not with you.” Continue reading ‘Dear John, A Daughter’s Wish and Moments of Awakening…’


From: http://ping.fm/mcxbr

Of Clarity and Understanding, Guide and Map, Epiphany and Plot�

Reaching that point where the protagonist has made the change, we, as writers feel differently.

We see the world of our novel from another level.

Ideally we come to hold those dimensions of personality regarding our central character(s) come in greater clarity and understanding.

And yet this is also a place where we can get to know ourselves better as individuals, not simply as persons who write. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/HN3o5

Of Clarity and Understanding, Guide and Map, Epiphany and Plot�

Reaching that point where the protagonist has made the change, we, as writers feel differently.

We see the world of our novel from another level.

Ideally we come to hold those dimensions of personality regarding our central character(s) come in greater clarity and understanding.

And yet this is also a place where we can get to know ourselves better as individuals, not simply as persons who write. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/0tFY3

Of Clarity and Understanding, Guide and Map, Epiphany and Plot� http://ping.fm/0yk6g

Faith, Our Personal Best and the Work We Do... http://ping.fm/3VC3q

Faith, Our Personal Best and the Work We Do...

The hardest think about raising children is developing patience. Writing stories and novels also takes time. And faith.

Both processes ask that we give our personal best at all times. And yet to do both jobs well mothers, parents and writers need room to breath and reflect.

But I want to stay with mothers, because so often when we write we, and the world does not take seriously what we do, particularly if we choose to operate primarily as a mother, and a writer second.

Those of us who choose to place our writing second do so because I think on some level we know that we will never reach our personal best at crafting stories until we have nurtured our children to an adequate point in their and our lives.

This is not the only way to come to writing. This is our way. Continue reading ‘Faith, Our Personal Best and the Work We Do…’

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Tags: art, attorney, author, child rearing, children, dedication, family, mother, novel, parent, patience, personal best, Presumed Innocent, publish, Scott Turow, skill, talent, the work we do, women, writer, writing


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Faith, Our Personal Best and the Work We Do...

The hardest think about raising children is developing patience. Writing stories and novels also takes time. And faith.

Both processes ask that we give our personal best at all times. And yet to do both jobs well mothers, parents and writers need room to breath and reflect.

But I want to stay with mothers, because so often when we write we, and the world does not take seriously what we do, particularly if we choose to operate primarily as a mother, and a writer second.

Those of us who choose to place our writing second do so because I think on some level we know that we will never reach our personal best at crafting stories until we have nurtured our children to an adequate point in their and our lives.

This is not the only way to come to writing. This is our way. Continue reading ‘Faith, Our Personal Best and the Work We Do…’

Posted in Musings
Tags: art, attorney, author, child rearing, children, dedication, family, mother, novel, parent, patience, personal best, Presumed Innocent, publish, Scott Turow, skill, talent, the work we do, women, writer, writing


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Faith, Our Personal Best and the Work We Do...

The hardest think about raising children is developing patience. Writing stories and novels also takes time. And faith.

Both processes ask that we give our personal best at all times. And yet to do both jobs well mothers, parents and writers need room to breath and reflect.

But I want to stay with mothers, because so often when we write we, and the world does not take seriously what we do, particularly if we choose to operate primarily as a mother, and a writer second.

Those of us who choose to place our writing second do so because I think on some level we know that we will never reach our personal best at crafting stories until we have nurtured our children to an adequate point in their and our lives.

This is not the only way to come to writing. This is our way. Continue reading ‘Faith, Our Personal Best and the Work We Do…’

Posted in Musings
Tags: art, attorney, author, child rearing, children, dedication, family, mother, novel, parent, patience, personal best, Presumed Innocent, publish, Scott Turow, skill, talent, the work we do, women, writer, writing


From: http://ping.fm/Gw816

Of Dilemmas, Alice in Wonderland, and Shifts in Consciousness�

There comes a time in every story or novel when the main character stands in the midst of her, or his dilemma like Alice does when facing Wonderland.

The protagonist ponders, How do present circumstances differ from my immediate past?

This place, like that of Alice in her wondrous, and yet frightening Wonderland, sits between the immediate past of the main character, a time of order and safety shaken by chaos, and the present moment of having begun the journey towards adapting to the change required by upheaval. Read the rest of this entry…

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Of Dilemmas, Alice in Wonderland, and Shifts in Consciousness� http://ping.fm/bq3nQ

Of Dilemmas, Alice in Wonderland, and Shifts in Consciousness�

There comes a time in every story or novel when the main character stands in the midst of her, or his dilemma like Alice does when facing Wonderland.

The protagonist ponders, How do present circumstances differ from my immediate past?

This place, like that of Alice in her wondrous, and yet frightening Wonderland, sits between the immediate past of the main character, a time of order and safety shaken by chaos, and the present moment of having begun the journey towards adapting to the change required by upheaval. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/UDiCL

Radio Show | Author, Carleen Brice http://ping.fm/yCkDK

Radio Show | Author, Carleen Brice

Author, Carleen Brice, discusses her novels, “Children of the Waters” and “Orange, Mint, and Honey,” that has been made into a movie, Sins of the Mother. Sins of the Mother will air on the Lifetime Movie Network on Sunday, February 21, 2010.

So tune in.

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Radio Show | Author, Carleen Brice

Author, Carleen Brice, discusses her novels, “Children of the Waters” and “Orange, Mint, and Honey,” that has been made into a movie, Sins of the Mother. Sins of the Mother will air on the Lifetime Movie Network on Sunday, February 21, 2010.

So tune in.

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Radio Show | Adrienna Turner http://ping.fm/KSL7A

Radio Show | Adrienna Turner

Author of “The Day Begins With Christ,” and book reviewer, Adrienna Turner discusses her new book club, Dream Your Reality Book Club.

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Radio Show | Adrienna Turner

Author of “The Day Begins With Christ,” and book reviewer, Adrienna Turner discusses her new book club, Dream Your Reality Book Club.

So tune in.

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Of Publishing Contracts, Motherhood, Dreams, Hopes and Wishes…

I’ve been busy these last few weeks refining and making last changes to the document files for interior and book cover of my novel, “The House“. It’s been an interesting experience bringing this piece of work, “The House” to fruition.

My first book, a collection of short stories, “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident“, was traditionally published. The decision to self-publish my novel came quite easily.

October 2008 was not a good time for economics in America. The publishing industry that has long been languishing, and like other areas is presently struggling with balancing their books.

Writers lucky enough to get a contract with a publishing contract despite the industry’s recent financial struggles that have folded into present challenges walk a tight rope and need to be able to donate their time to following through on the contract to which they have agreed.

I don’t believe in seeking the opportunity to take on or agreeing to follow through on a task to which I cannot give over my best.

A wife of 28 years, and a mother and psychotherapist with three children at strategic points in their lives I feel a strong commitment to seeing my children in place before venturing wholeheartedly into manifesting my dreams through involvements and contracts that require enormous amounts of time. Continue reading ‘Of Publishing Contracts, Motherhood, Dreams, Hopes and Wishes…’


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Of Publishing Contracts, Motherhood, Dreams, Hopes and Wishes… http://ping.fm/l2Mbh

Of Publishing Contracts, Motherhood, Dreams, Hopes and Wishes…

Of Publishing Contracts, Motherhood, Dreams, Hopes and Wishes…
•January 20, 2010 • Leave a Comment

I’ve been busy these last few weeks refining and making last changes to the document files for interior and book cover of my novel, “The House“. It’s been an interesting experience bringing this piece of work, “The House” to fruition.

My first book, a collection of short stories, “Keeper of Secrets…Translations of an Incident“, was traditionally published. The decision to self-publish my novel came quite easily.

October 2008 was not a good time for economics in America. The publishing industry that has long been languishing, and like other areas is presently struggling with balancing their books.

Writers lucky enough to get a contract with a publishing contract despite the industry’s recent financial struggles that have folded into present challenges walk a tight rope and need to be able to donate their time to following through on the contract to which they have agreed.

I don’t believe in seeking the opportunity to take on or agreeing to follow through on a task to which I cannot give over my best.

A wife of 28 years, and a mother and psychotherapist with three children at strategic points in their lives I feel a strong commitment to seeing my children in place before venturing wholeheartedly into manifesting my dreams through involvements and contracts that require enormous amounts of time.

From: http://ping.fm/38Pcr

Of Character Shifts, Balloon Boy and Well-Meaning Friends�

Entering the meat of a novel offers revelation after revelation.

Personalities come forth, shift and recede into the murky lands from which they emerged.

Characters shift positions in an effort to hold honor to, if not find their authentic identity. Perceptions change. The child of truth and wisdom forged by time and circumstance relays the story within the narrative. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/52TqA

Of Character Shifts, Balloon Boy and Well-Meaning Friends� http://ping.fm/aZHSf

Of Character Shifts, Balloon Boy and Well-Meaning Friends�

Entering the meat of a novel offers revelation after revelation.

Personalities come forth, shift and recede into the murky lands from which they emerged.

Characters shift positions in an effort to hold honor to, if not find their authentic identity. Perceptions change. The child of truth and wisdom forged by time and circumstance relays the story within the narrative. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/Ye1bt

Of Long Weekends, Discipline and Time for Dreaming… http://ping.fm/ic5e6

Of Long Weekends, Discipline and Time for Dreaming…

This past weekend was a holiday weekend. I relish long weekends. They give me more time with my husband and children.

The greatest challenge of any writer is finding enough time.

Time to write and time with family and friends.

The true writer writes. She or he doesn’t talk or dream about writing.

They develop a discipline unique to their psyche and life structure that allows for the writing, crafting, revision and ultimate completion of a story or novel.

Each stage of creating a literary work requires time. Time given to the very writing and re-writing of the piece, and then there is the time given over to gestation, allowing our ideas and words to percolate and perhaps metamorphose. Continue reading ‘Of Long Weekends, Discipline and Time for Dreaming…’


From: http://ping.fm/6TRuI

Of Long Weekends, Discipline and Time for Dreaming…

This past weekend was a holiday weekend. I relish long weekends. They give me more time with my husband and children.

The greatest challenge of any writer is finding enough time.

Time to write and time with family and friends.

The true writer writes. She or he doesn’t talk or dream about writing.

They develop a discipline unique to their psyche and life structure that allows for the writing, crafting, revision and ultimate completion of a story or novel.

Each stage of creating a literary work requires time. Time given to the very writing and re-writing of the piece, and then there is the time given over to gestation, allowing our ideas and words to percolate and perhaps metamorphose. Continue reading ‘Of Long Weekends, Discipline and Time for Dreaming…’



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Of Cause and Effect, Twin Universes, and Sacrifice�

The protagonist’s decision to act constitutes a cornerstone moment in the life a novel.

It signifies the shift from the beginning or set-up of the novel to the middle characterized as a process of action and reaction, better known as cause-and-effect. Still others term this area of the novel, and quite aptly, causality-and-build.

Cause-and-effect emphasizes the action and reaction quality representative of midsection of novels, the heart and lungs of the story.

Causality-and-build by its very words points to the uphill movement of the story towards crisis and climax that involves story and character arc. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/IwC7Y

Of Cause and Effect, Twin Universes, and Sacrifice� http://ping.fm/YbXWS

Of Cause and Effect, Twin Universes, and Sacrifice�

The protagonist’s decision to act constitutes a cornerstone moment in the life a novel.

It signifies the shift from the beginning or set-up of the novel to the middle characterized as a process of action and reaction, better known as cause-and-effect. Still others term this area of the novel, and quite aptly, causality-and-build.

Cause-and-effect emphasizes the action and reaction quality representative of midsection of novels, the heart and lungs of the story.

Causality-and-build by its very words points to the uphill movement of the story towards crisis and climax that involves story and character arc. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/26j80

Radio Show | Jackie Luckett, and Searching for Tina Turner http://ping.fm/nMc4Z

Radio Show | Jackie Luckett, and Searching for Tina Turner

Author, Jackie Luckett discusses her debut novel, “Searching for Tina Turner,” and breaking into the business of writing.

So tune in.

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Radio Show | Jackie Luckett, and Searching for Tina Turner

Author, Jackie Luckett discusses her debut novel, “Searching for Tina Turner,” and breaking into the business of writing.

So tune in.

From: http://ping.fm/G8ixJ

http://anjuellefloyd.wordpress.com/2010/01/13/commitment-the-number-8-and-einsteins-theory-of-relativity/

A novel, the first draft of which I wrote 8 years ago, has come together.

Wow!

It hit me like a ton of bricks. I’m so excited and obsessed with this revision, like with none other.

It’s such a wonderful feeling to have something that you’ve been holding, and for such a long time, on which you’ve worked so hard, and then realizing it just wasn’t right, you laid aside.

I logged 6 revisions during this time. Yet always at the end, the pieces didn’t fit. I had yet to display my best work on this story.

Sometimes the universe delivers us the idea for a creation for which, despite our fervor and commitment to carrying out, we lack the skills to bring the creation into greatest illumination.

And so we wait. Continue reading ‘Commitment, The Number 8, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity…’


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Commitment, The Number 8, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity… http://ping.fm/tXaoD

Commitment, The Number 8, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity…

‘Commitment, The Number 8, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity…’

From: http://ping.fm/cHdU1

‘Commitment, The Number 8, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity…’

A novel, the first draft of which I wrote 8 years ago, has come together.

Wow!

It hit me like a ton of bricks. I’m so excited and obsessed with this revision, like with none other.

It’s such a wonderful feeling to have something that you’ve been holding, and for such a long time, on which you’ve worked so hard, and then realizing it just wasn’t right, you laid aside.

I logged 6 revisions during this time. Yet always at the end, the pieces didn’t fit. I had yet to display my best work on this story.

Sometimes the universe delivers us the idea for a creation for which, despite our fervor and commitment to carrying out, we lack the skills to bring the creation into greatest illumination.

And so we wait. Continue reading ‘Commitment, The Number 8, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity…’


From: http://ping.fm/FmZqP

Commitment, The Number 8, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity…

A novel, the first draft of which I wrote 8 years ago, has come together.

Wow!

It hit me like a ton of bricks. I’m so excited and obsessed with this revision, like with none other.

It’s such a wonderful feeling to have something that you’ve been holding, and for such a long time, on which you’ve worked so hard, and then realizing it just wasn’t right, you laid aside.

I logged 6 revisions during this time. Yet always at the end, the pieces didn’t fit. I had yet to display my best work on this story.

Sometimes the universe delivers us the idea for a creation for which, despite our fervor and commitment to carrying out, we lack the skills to bring the creation into greatest illumination.

And so we wait. Continue reading ‘Commitment, The Number 8, and Einstein’s Theory of Relativity…’


From: http://ping.fm/KUnvI

Radio | Interview with Anjuelle Floyd, �Finding Joy in the Process� http://ping.fm/Re8p3

Radio | Interview with Anjuelle Floyd, �Finding Joy in the Process� http://ping.fm/cY3me

Radio | Interview with Anjuelle Floyd, �Finding Joy in the Process�

Listen to my interview, Finding Joy in the Process, with Catherine VanWetter.

Enjoy.

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Radio | Interview with Anjuelle Floyd, �Finding Joy in the Process�

Listen to my interview, Finding Joy in the Process, with Catherine VanWetter.

Enjoy.

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Of Borderlands, Willingness and Shifts in Consciousness� http://ping.fm/4fGQa

Of Borderlands, Willingness and Shifts in Consciousness�

Leaving the world as it is, and entering the border between the world as it was, and presently exists in the newly leveraged chaos of change requires courage and faith. It also asks for willingness to acknowledge that one has entered the unknown.

Like our protagonists, each time we venture to write a new story or novel we exit the comfort zone of what we have accomplished, and depart once more into that land of yearning and desire. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/18ZSl

Of Borderlands, Willingness and Shifts in Consciousness�

Leaving the world as it is, and entering the border between the world as it was, and presently exists in the newly leveraged chaos of change requires courage and faith. It also asks for willingness to acknowledge that one has entered the unknown.

Like our protagonists, each time we venture to write a new story or novel we exit the comfort zone of what we have accomplished, and depart once more into that land of yearning and desire. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/0QxAN

Of Borderlands, Willingness and Shifts in Consciousness�

Leaving the world as it is, and entering the border between the world as it was, and presently exists in the newly leveraged chaos of change requires courage and faith. It also asks for willingness to acknowledge that one has entered the unknown.

Like our protagonists, each time we venture to write a new story or novel we exit the comfort zone of what we have accomplished, and depart once more into that land of yearning and desire. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/zAMjo

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E-mails, Twitter, Dyslexia....

Today was one of those days. I sat down to my computer, opened one my four e-mails, and had to attend to business.

What I mean by attending to business is responding to e-mail inquiries, requests for me to do guest blogs, and answering acceptances from writers and authors whom I have invited to host on my my blog talk radio show, Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters.

All good stuff. But it takes time.

The life of the 21st century writer. Continue reading ‘E-mails, Twitter, Dyslexia…’




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E-mails, Twitter, Dyslexia....

E-mails, Twitter, Dyslexia…
•January 11, 2010 • Leave a Comment (Edit)

Today was one of those days. I sat down to my computer, opened one my four e-mails, and had to attend to business.

What I mean by attending to business is responding to e-mail inquiries, requests for me to do guest blogs, and answering acceptances from writers and authors whom I have invited to host on my my blog talk radio show, Book Talk, Creativity and Family Matters.

All good stuff. But it takes time.

The life of the 21st century writer. Continue reading ‘E-mails, Twitter, Dyslexia…’

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Tags: writing, author, imagination, writer, Internet, 21st century, e-mail, social networking, dyslexia, Twitter, facebook, goodreads, shelfari, virtual, physical


From: http://ping.fm/hNELy

Radio Show | David Lucero and �Sandman� http://ping.fm/Ktwo4

Radio Show | David Lucero and �Sandman�

Former Army paratrooper, turned novelist, David Lucero, discusses his military thriller, “Sandman“.

So tune in.

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Radio Show | David Lucero and �Sandman�

Former Army paratrooper, turned novelist, David Lucero, discusses his military thriller, “Sandman“.

So tune in.

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Of Life, Physicality and Stories… http://ping.fm/NTll7

Of Life, Physicality and Stories…

Much of the ability to write compelling fiction comes from the willingness to sink one’s teeth into the substance of life, or that, which flows out of life.

Conversations, kind smiles, tilts of the head can reveal joy, simmering sadness, or the ache of a heart playing upon a crafted smile. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/h1j69

Of Life, Physicality and Stories…

Much of the ability to write compelling fiction comes from the willingness to sink one’s teeth into the substance of life, or that, which flows out of life.

Conversations, kind smiles, tilts of the head can reveal joy, simmering sadness, or the ache of a heart playing upon a crafted smile. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/hu5j7

‘Reading Goals, Anne Perry, and What Sits at the Heart of Every Story…’ http://ping.fm/nfclp

‘Reading Goals, Anne Perry, and What Sits at the Heart of Every Story…’

My reading goals for this year are to read and study as many as possible of the novels in mystery writer, Anne Perry’s, William Monk series.

After reading, “The Face of a Stranger” I have become totally engrossed in not only Monk’s struggle to regain his memory as he works to solve murders that take place during the later half of the 1800’s, but also with Perry’s depth of authorial narration interwoven with her ability to deliver internal thoughts of Monk. Continue reading ‘Reading Goals, Anne Perry, and What Sits at the Heart of Every Story…’




From: http://ping.fm/C3wB0

‘Reading Goals, Anne Perry, and What Sits at the Heart of Every Story…’

My reading goals for this year are to read and study as many as possible of the novels in mystery writer, Anne Perry’s, William Monk series.

After reading, “The Face of a Stranger” I have become totally engrossed in not only Monk’s struggle to regain his memory as he works to solve murders that take place during the later half of the 1800’s, but also with Perry’s depth of authorial narration interwoven with her ability to deliver internal thoughts of Monk. Continue reading ‘Reading Goals, Anne Perry, and What Sits at the Heart of Every Story…’



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Of Identity, Persona and Naïveté… http://ping.fm/PwOYU

Of Identity, Persona and Naïveté…

Like Adam and Eve whom God warned not to eat of the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden, the protagonists of our stories often encounter box they are to leave closed, lovers whose lips theirs are not to touch, forests in which they are encouraged not to wander alone, galas and balls that on attending they must exit by the stroke of midnight, and alas sea witches with whom they should strike no bargains.

And yet our central characters push the envelope open creating a second upheaval. But this chaos caused by the hand of the protagonist delivers direct transformation that reveals whom she or he is. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/MmT7D

Of Identity, Persona and Naïveté…

Like Adam and Eve whom God warned not to eat of the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden, the protagonists of our stories often encounter box they are to leave closed, lovers whose lips theirs are not to touch, forests in which they are encouraged not to wander alone, galas and balls that on attending they must exit by the stroke of midnight, and alas sea witches with whom they should strike no bargains.

And yet our central characters push the envelope open creating a second upheaval. But this chaos caused by the hand of the protagonist delivers direct transformation that reveals whom she or he is. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/t1luo

Of Identity, Persona and Naïveté…

Like Adam and Eve whom God warned not to eat of the tree of knowledge in the Garden of Eden, the protagonists of our stories often encounter box they are to leave closed, lovers whose lips theirs are not to touch, forests in which they are encouraged not to wander alone, galas and balls that on attending they must exit by the stroke of midnight, and alas sea witches with whom they should strike no bargains.

And yet our central characters push the envelope open creating a second upheaval. But this chaos caused by the hand of the protagonist delivers direct transformation that reveals whom she or he is. Read the rest of this entry…

From: http://ping.fm/gOwfm

Bold Moves, Rejection and Open Arms... http://ping.fm/yn0xD

Bold Moves, Rejection and Open Arms...

I made a bold decision two days ago. I went back to an old novel on which I have done six revisions, and began the 7th.

I wrote the first draft of the novel in late 2001, after having received a rejection for a novel I had written and worked on from 1999-2001.
My how time flies when you’re having fun. Yes, I was having fun just writing back at the start of this previous decade and this new 10 year-old millennium. Continue reading ‘Bold Moves, Rejection, and Open Arms…’




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Bold Moves, Rejection and Open Arms...

I made a bold decision two days ago. I went back to an old novel on which I have done six revisions, and began the 7th.

I wrote the first draft of the novel in late 2001, after having received a rejection for a novel I had written and worked on from 1999-2001.
My how time flies when you’re having fun. Yes, I was having fun just writing back at the start of this previous decade and this new 10 year-old millennium. Continue reading ‘Bold Moves, Rejection, and Open Arms…’




From: http://ping.fm/eWLMF

Bold Moves, Rejection, and Open Arms…

I made a bold decision two days ago. I went back to an old novel on which I have done six revisions, and began the 7th.

I wrote the first draft of the novel in late 2001, after having received a rejection for a novel I had written and worked on from 1999-2001.
My how time flies when you’re having fun. Yes, I was having fun just writing back at the start of this previous decade and this new 10 year-old millennium. Continue reading ‘Bold Moves, Rejection, and Open Arms…’




From: http://ping.fm/z6rZh

Of Cruise Ships, Planes, Ocean and Sky� http://ping.fm/kJ3g0

Of Cruise Ships, Planes, Ocean and Sky�

Traveling by ship, or cruising, starts with the point or process of embarkation, going onto the ship and finding our room. Your bags arrive soon after that. And within an hour or so the ship sets sail.

Unlike with an airplane, where matters move at a faster pace, the transition into the journey moves at a slower pace. Read the rest of this entry…

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Of Cruise Ships, Planes, Ocean and Sky�

Traveling by ship, or cruising, starts with the point or process of embarkation, going onto the ship and finding our room. Your bags arrive soon after that. And within an hour or so the ship sets sail.

Unlike with an airplane, where matters move at a faster pace, the transition into the journey moves at a slower pace. Read the rest of this entry…

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Radio Show | Marty Levin, and �We Were Relentless�

Marty Levin discusses his stirring biography, “We Were Relentless–A Family’s Journey to Overcome Disability,”an awe-inspiring, and stirring account of his son, Jordan’s struggles and triumphs.

So tune in.

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Radio Show | Marty Levin, and �We Were Relentless�

Marty Levin discusses his stirring biography, “We Were Relentless–A Family’s Journey to Overcome Disability,”an awe-inspiring, and stirring account of his son, Jordan’s struggles and triumphs.

So tune in.

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