Dating and Relationships

AgentQuest

Nope, it’s not a fun adventure comedy coming to a theater near you. (Though, shoot, that might kinda work!) It’s one of the most confusing times in a writer’s career and I—like many—am right in the miasma of indecision.I recently made the decision to go ahead and connect with an agent. Much like I decided, [...]

Milquetoast Is For Kids

Jordan Summers’ post from yesterday couldn’t have come at a better time — she focused on a topic I’ve been doing a lot of writing about recently (stay tuned and all that): writers, blogs, and opinions. I don’t believe I’ve ever met Jordan — and if I have, please blame the wine for my forgetfulness! [...]

Don’t Hate Me Because I’m Controversial

I’m a blogger. I’ve been a blogger since 2002. When I started blogging, I thought I’d write about anything that popped into my head. Didn’t matter if the subject was controversial. If I felt like discussing it, I would. I figured this was my blog and I’d write what I want. I kept that in [...]

Real Life Romance

Recently, I’ve seen several letters written to the editors of romance writer and reader magazines, as well as blog posts…people complaining about the increasingly popular trend to make romance novels more graphic, in sexual and violent content, and language.Honestly, I’m not seeing the problem.Romance novels have always reflected world changes, and guess what? The [...]

Those Little Extras

Perhaps it was my misspent youth. Between Lois Lowry’s “Anastasia” series, which included, at the end of a every chapter, lists or excerpts from Anastasia’s project du jour; and multitudes of appendiced and gloassaried fantasy and science fiction novels, I’ve always been a sucker for those books that have a little somethin’ extra.Are non-fiction mini-essays [...]

ARE THE MUNDANE “NECESSITIES� OF LIFE GETTING IN THE WAY OF YOUR RELATIONSHIPS? All important relationships require time and attention

I remember one day many years ago, (not sooooo many years mind youJ) a friend from high school began to act more interested in my life and what was going on with me. When I asked her what was up,...

THE POWER OF NEGATIVE TALK (TO YOURSELF AND TO OTHERS)

The past five months I’ve been working hard on a new speech which I will give tonight (wish me luckJ). This process has brought to light, in a whole different way, the power of negative talk…and positive talk. I have...