I find the daily obits in the NYTimes interesting and informative. Today I noticed a name that sounded familiar: Donald Keene. Is he the translator I once sought out I wondered to myself, only to read in his death notice to find out that yes, this was someone with...
Before I was out of bed this morning I checked my LinkedIn messages and saw one from a coaching colleague who has a popular podcast. He'd read my posts on LI and wants me as a guest on his show. I made note of the shipping address he sent and forwarded it to my...
HIlton Als, in his letter to Rachel Weisz featured in the Styles section of yesterday's Sunday Times wrote: "While talent or a lack thereof is certainly a factor when it comes to all this, what separates the true artist from the artist in name only, is a certain...
I loved this memoir by Tommy Tomlinson who had me drooling over his many food descriptions and their impact on his growing body. It's a touching, sensitive and powerful story of a man whose shame and regret about his own body has him seek a better, more grown-up...
During my memoir writing period of YEARS, I started asking around if I might do a reading at friend's homes. Many said yes, and I was able to get useful and supportive feedback during the draft stage of my book. Someone mentioned a place in Brooklyn to me where...
Remember the old vaudeville routine, "Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch"? That describes the process I went through to have my personal essay bought by an editor at New York Magazine recently. My process to publication: Last summer I enrolled in a...
I've talked so much about my upcoming memoir that each time I sit down with a friend I haven't seen in awhile, I'm often asked, "Can I have my niece call you? She's working on a memoir, and I thought you might be able to guide her." Or, "My friend Sue has been...
"Is everything okay?" This is something I've been asked a few times in the last month. How do you interpret that question? My take on it may be different. As I was going through a late adolescence (say, 40-ish), my mother noted, "You've changed, Jane!" The...
As many of you know, my memoir will be arriving April, 2019. In preparation for that event, I am updating my website, social media, etc. to reflect its debut. I'll be offering a new 'lead magnet' - that downloadable special something that will have millions...
While living in CT, if I had an hour or two between meetings and no time to get home, I used my car as my office provided the weather permitted. I'd pull off the road at a rest stop to coach a client, or recline my driver seat for my afternoon meditation. Living in...
Way back in May, a few short months after my manuscript was accepted for publication by She Writes Press, I received an invitation to attend an all female authors retreat in November in Carefree, Arizona. How could I say no? I'm just back from an exhilarating 4...
The program was entitled Rise Up Roulette (scroll down the link to see the illustrious women who spoke that night) and offered a round robin of experts visiting group tables in lieu of a panel of experts sitting in front of an audience. I loved the format! I was...
My chiropractor introduced me to audio recordings back in the early 80's. I've been a fan ever since. First motivational tapes (yes, tapes), then books on tape, CD's and now mp3's and podcasts. What recently made the experience even better was my purchase of a Bose...
A funny thing happened as I was editing my memoir's final draft. I decided to disguise a few names and places in my book and used the 'find and replace' tool in google docs. My kids went to the Columbus Magnet School, but to protect a few identities, I changed it...
...when I'm alone. I loved school and still thrive in an environment surrounded by others, especially a patient instructor. But, left to my own devices, learning at home without an instructor, I revert to infancy. I want someone standing over my shoulder directing...
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