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What You Focus On
While waiting for my editor to go through my entire manuscript, I faced a somewhat open calendar which quickly got filled in. A good friend and mutual seeker recommended a 21-day abundance meditation program she'd recently completed. At the end of her three week...
The Generous and Gifted Eddie Joyce
My old White Plains HS classmate, Erica Baird, now co-founder of Lustre.is, mentioned her friend Eddie Joyce when I told her of my current writing journey. "The nicest guy!" she said describing him. She soon connected us via email, and I had the pleasure and...
An Adventure While Waiting
If you read my most recent post, you know that I have a little bit of time on my hands. On Tuesday, with an afternoon and evening wide open, I decided to investigate a new grocery store chain I'd heard of: Aldi's. It was billed as kind of like Trader Joe's only...
Warning: Trick Question
A query letter for your memoir has been sent out to 18 agents without a bite. That's nothing. Chicken Soup for the Soul received 140 rejections stating “Anthologies don’t sell”. You know you won't give up. However, you've turned your manuscript over to a...
A Vision Realized
Philanthropy is on my bucket list. My parents were excellent role models for giving back. They contributed annually to my dad's alma mater as well as to various other organizations throughout my childhood. I witnessed them making financial donations on an annual...
Do Drop the Ball
I had the privilege of hearing Tiffany Dufu speak recently at the Women's Media Group (WMG) luncheon on the subject of work/life balance. In addition to her inspiring talk, each of us received a copy of her book Drop the Ball. I've been around a long time and have...
Who Wouldn’t Want to Say This?
"Art is my full-time job," said Susan Beallor-Snyder. "I've filled up my life with art so nothing else can get in."* Susan and I have been working together for years, and she is now exactly where she wants to be in her artistic career. Until about a year ago, Susan...
Today’s Encouragement via Elia Kazan
On a recommendation from Robert Gottlieb's Avid Reader, I checked out A Life by Elia Kazan, one of the best memoirs he ever edited. I picked it up at my local library branch shocked at how thick and heavy it is--over 1000 pages (including index) and weighing...
Here’s How I Medicate
As some of you know, I've been off sugar for over two decades. I don't smoke, do drugs or keep alcohol in my apartment. So when I got a rejection a couple of weeks ago after sending my complete manuscript to an agent I had good feelings about, I totally wanted to...
Best Testimonial This Year!
I received an unsolicited testimonial last week from a client I completed with in November after our 6-month coaching period ended. Her primary goal was to raise her rates and her overall income. Here's what she wrote in a recent email (and I have her permission to...
The Remarkable Mary Landes
Mary Landes has a vision. To bring a public workspace, a la WeWorks, to Salina, Kansas where she now lives after residing in Fairfield County, CT, where we originally met. Mary identified an historic building, the Masonic Lodge, in Salina for this purpose and has...
The Outstanding Susan Keane Baker and Kevin Carroll (Also Outstanding)
One of the things I admire most about Susan Keane Baker is that anything I ever receive from her is loaded with value. Today I got a request from her to help promote a speaking engagement she's offering next week. She didn't assume I'd accept, so didn't attach her...
The MOCCA Fest 2017
If you want to be where it's happening, put the MOCCA Fest on your calendar for next year. It's a spirited gathering featuring an 'incredibly dynamic creative community of comic and cartoon artists' held in mid-Manhattan. MOCCA stands for Museum of Comic and...
Don’t Miss In Transit: Great Entrepreneurial Message
My boyfriend Dave performed at the Sharon Playhouse last summer in Big River alongside its star, Nicholas Ward, an Equity actor from NYC. After that performance in July, Nicholas headed back to the city for a role in In Transit, an a cappella musical that, among...
Were You Invited to This?
A current client shared an ad with me for a conference she believed I belonged at--Vanity Fair's FOUNDERS FAIR: Women Entrepreneurs Tell Their Stories. Sign me up! An interview with Reese Witherspoon (I'm loving her in Big Little Lies!) is the opening feature on...