Finding the Flow, Even if I Have to Dig in the Mud Deciding to delay one project and write another, due to a deadline of sorts, is a new...

Book Bub, International Style I got my first BookBub Featured Deal. For those not in the know, it's a pretty big deal. BookBub happens to...

I have been slowly mucking my way through a book, two books actually. One that I am reading, and one that I am writing. And in the case...

It's a new year, and there have already been ups and downs. But that, dear reader, is life in a nutshell, isn't it? Bad News First After...

A Year in Review As I write this, the hours are slipping away, counting down to the last minutes of 2022. And, as is the overarching...

I'm a wee bit slow at adopting new things and new technologies. It took me years of owning a smartphone before I finally caved and...

Really, it's all Joanna Penn from The Creative Penn's fault. All this talk of NFTs and AI generated art on her podcast got me interested...

I never know where things will go in a year. Having three kids in the house, with various bouts of illness, time off, and more has made...

It hits Sometimes And I, I am disarmed Unworded, if you will The conversations that are impossible That I cannot utter That I do not say...

The Almighty Plan Plans change. Always. And so it is with writing. I come up with a plan. It works or it doesn't, I learn from it, and...

First Draft - DONE! Well, I would not say I zoomed to a finish, but I definitely completed the manuscript. I can't remember which author...

Last week, I needed the distraction of working on my current work in progress. The days were ticking down to THE DAY, and if I thought...

Speaking up isn't easy. It takes courage... I hit the Unfriend button the other day on Facebook. The woman won't miss me. I'm pretty sure...

Call it a sign. Or a lesson learned. Or just...the roller coaster of life. There will be no refinancing, or cash in hand to perform...

Since my teen was eight or nine, they have received a monthly allowance. We always called it profit sharing. Semantics aside, it was a...

I learned to play the game of pool when I was around ten years old. My stepdad bought an antique slate table that weighed so much it took...

I woke up this morning with a memory that harks back to the Christmas of 1995 or 1996. I was visiting Missouri with my eldest child for...

No Money Upfront Life is full of lessons. We learn them every day. Even, it seems, in my 50s. The lesson for today? No cash advances for...

Cough, hack, cough. Damned plague monkeys. Also known as CHILDREN. The itty bitty one, now almost 11 months, brought home some kind of...

We are definitely in the dog days of summer here in Missouri. For some reason, I'm not sure why, this has actually been the easiest...