by AnnSheybani | Feb 26, 2017 | Reading, Uncategorized, Writing, writing lessons
I’m a huge fan of re-purposing. The question I always ask, lazy git that I am? How can I turn something I’ve spent eons creating into ten other things with next to no additional work? If you’re a podcaster or someone who otherwise interviews folks on a regular basis,...
by AnnSheybani | Nov 6, 2016 | Reading
I’m loving this book right now. (Just between you and me, if I were editing the thing, I’d start off with a much more powerful story–the guy, Chris Voss, has so damn many of them–than the one chosen to launch the reader into the world of...
by AnnSheybani | Oct 23, 2016 | Life, Reading
I received this question, one that both Walt and I get more and more frequently, so I thought I’d put my answer to it out here again. I’m so intrigued with how you and Walt move back and forth between the U.S. and Ireland. I’m just totally curious. How...
by AnnSheybani | Oct 1, 2016 | Life, Reading
This is guest post by Tara Whitney. I’m really honored to have her as a writing client. I think this piece is beautiful, and vulnerable, and allows you, her reader, to instantly see why you might want her help to free yourself from emotional eating. She has...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 18, 2016 | Life, Reading
So, Walt and I caught a flight to Boston on Friday from Cork, Ireland. We were on a quick mission: to witness one of our sons get married. The wedding was the perfect anti-wedding, sans fancy attire, rented ballroom, DJ, team of photographers, and towering cake. ...
by AnnSheybani | Sep 13, 2016 | Reading
Picking up the pieces after financial and emotional bankruptcy, Ann Peck, host of Straight Talk for a Curvy World, revisits the secrets that shaped her self-concept and self-doubt. Sex, failed relationships, codependency, parenting mistakes, they’re all there in her...