Writing

  • Book Review: The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain

    A gripping book—The Paris Wife by Paula Mclain—that I read within 48 hours.* I loved this fictional account of Hadley Hemingway’s marriage to Ernest Hemingway. It followed their courtship and marriage (including flashbacks of their earlier lives), and a detailed account of Ernest’s early career. The insight into what it took to break into the […]

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  • This is how I sold 500 books last week

    Persistence is Our Superpower It’s easy to get discouraged on our journey as an author. While our passion for words and creating something out of nothing runs deep, it is not easy work. Our superpowers are persistence and saying yes to opportunities when they present themselves. That’s what happened three weeks ago. ​ I was […]

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  • It’s Okay Not to Be Okay

    It’s been a rough start to the week.As I jogged this morning, visualizing the stress being left behind me as I plodded forward, the song blasting from my headphones reminded me, It’s okay not to be okay.Sigh. It’s easy to add extra weight to our emotions by piling on guilt and frustration that we ARE […]

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