Sunday Inspiration: “Courage is the most important of all virtues…”
“Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.” ― Maya Angelou Who needs Halloween when there is so much to be afraid of every single day? I think we all feel a little like the cowardly lion struggling to find his inner courage. But…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: The Opposite of Love
“The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.” ― Elie Wiesel Elie Wiesel was a survivor of the Holocaust and a recipient of the Nobel Peace…
Read MoreWhat Makes A Good Cover? What Makes Us Pick Up a Book?
I don’t know about you, but after months of quarantine, I’m finding it hard to find anything to say. These days our house is much quieter than usual. Proman and I have little new to share because we’re together all the time. No exciting pickle ball games to recount, no lunches or Mah Jongg games…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Happy Indigenous Peoples Day!
“Love, like everything else in life, should be a discovery, an adventure, and like most adventures, you don’t know you’re having one until you’re right in the middle of it.” ― E.A. Bucchianeri, Brushstrokes of a Gadfly, To celebrate tomorrow’s holiday (known by some as Columbus Day and by others as Indigenous Peoples Day) I…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: About Writing…And Life
“One of the things I know about writing is this: spend it all, shoot it, play it, lose it, all, right away, every time. Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book or for another book; give it, give it all, give it now. The impulse to save something good…
Read MoreThe Way Back Home
Book Two of my Homecoming Series is now available. I’m delighted to say that The Way Back Home, book two of my homecoming series, is now available for purchase. You’ll find it at all your favorite online bookstores as an eBook, plus the print version at Amazon. That link takes you to my webpage to…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Asking Forgiveness
A Prayer for Yom Kippur To those I may have wronged I ask forgiveness. To this I may have helped, I wish I could have done more. To those I neglected to help I ask for understanding. To those who helped me I thank you with all my Heart. -G’mar Hatimah Tovah Today’s quote is in…
Read MoreWhat Have I Learned About Myself Right Now?
Have you heard of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator? Many of you have both heard about this personality inventory that helps individuals learn where they fit in the psychological types described by Carl Jung. If you go to the link I just provided you’ll get a great overview. There are sixteen personality types, and unlike some…
Read MoreSunday Inspiration: Everybody Is a Story
“Everybody is a story. When I was a child, people sat around kitchen tables and told their stories. We don’t do that so much anymore. Sitting around the table telling stories is not just a way of passing time. It is the way the wisdom gets passed along. The stuff that helps us to live…
Read MoreCliffhangers and Wallbangers, Which is It?
I’m working on reviewing my copy edits for The House Guests–formerly titled Lies and Other Mercies. In addition I’m writing a novella for a collection I hope to publish in early 2021. So let me quickly share a conversation we’re having at Read Along With Emilie Richards. We’ve been talking about books that end with…
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