Why I still use a hard cover diary
You may ask, why use a hard cover diary when you can store important dates and meetings in your smartphone? Call me a luddite but I adore my diary. I enjoy the connection to the tangible object. I love opening my diary and writing down my appointments on each page rather than typing them into…
How to build resilience
Resilience is a word that’s tossed around like confetti. It’s often used to describe individuals and communities who suffer great injustices and personal tragedies but survive to grow spiritually and mentally stronger from the experience. Within themselves they find a reserve of fortitudinous strength that leaves others (us lesser mortals) in awe. It’s a powerful…
Finding a critique partner
I’m starting this post with a story that shows how important it is to find critique partners who are on the same journey and know how to offer balanced feedback. Several years ago, I made a big mistake. I showed a friend the first 10,000 words of one of my novels. It was a first…