When you just don’t feel like it…

When you just don’t feel like it…

I thought I’d bring this post back because it’s even more relevant than ever, thanks to pandemic fatigue. You know what I’m talking about, that sense that doing ANYTHING seems so…utterly pointless. And yet, we need to keep forging ahead because...

Some Books I’m Horribly Excited About

I love it when my clients, after months of writing and revising and doubting themselves and the whole value of their projects, break through to the other side and begin the process of publishing their books. So, I just wanted to pause long enough to celebrate some...
That time Oprah called about your book

That time Oprah called about your book

I want to write a book so good, so meaningful, that it lands me on Oprah. I want to sit beneath her shade tree in that lovely wicker chair and talk about, not just my book, but our shared philosophy of life. Tell me, do you think I have a shot? That’s a question...

That ugly thing they’re going to find out

I’m always fascinated by people who have a love/hate relationship with attention. Maybe because I do, too. Turn a video camera on me when I haven’t spent hours primping and preparing, and I choke. Like I’ve got a 6-oz ribeye lodged in my throat. Take my friend,...
Nothing good comes easy

Nothing good comes easy

I grew up with ZERO understanding of process. I chalk this up to the alcoholic dynamic that played out in our household. One minute–OK, this would go on for hours, but who’s counting– my father would be drinking and raging, tearing into my mother,...