by AnnSheybani | Aug 28, 2017 | Reading, Writing
I’m often aghast at some of the thumbnail images that come up in Youtube. I know you can change these things, but I like to think it takes real strength of character to put these things up the way they come. All that being said, you want to pull books off of...
by AnnSheybani | Aug 7, 2017 | Reading, Writing
In 2014, Naval Admiral William H. McRaven gave the University of Texas Austin commencement address. It was a twenty-minute speech that outlined ten principles he’d learned during Naval SEAL training. These principles helped him overcome challenges, not only in his...
by AnnSheybani | Aug 1, 2017 | Life, Reading
I had lunch sometime back with an old friend I hadn’t seen in years. Both oddballs in high school, we’d dreamed of baking bread together when we graduated, raising sheep, and starting a commune in rural Vermont. She’d do the wool spinning and...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 16, 2017 | Life, Reading
Walt and I are up in New Hampshire getting certified in Wilderness First Responder Medicine, WFR, for short. That way if one of us breaks a leg or develops a pneumothorax (note: this is me showing off) when we’re off the grid, we’ll have a reasonable...
by AnnSheybani | Jul 9, 2017 | Reading, recommendations, Writing
Here’s a note I sent to several of my book writing clients, past and present. I’m putting together a unique reading list: book recommendations from folks who know what a good book looks like, what beautiful/effective writing is, what inspires and impacts....
by AnnSheybani | Jul 3, 2017 | Reading, Writing
My new BFF. Love the thought process behind this man’s book designs. How he sees the world.
