by Christine | Jun 12, 2019 | Author, Blog, Books
February 1963The woman sitting in a chair at the patient’s bedside burst into uncontrollable tears. She was inconsolable.The doctors had just delivered the verdict about her seventeen-year-old son, “We have done all we can do. He will be blind for the rest of...
by Christine | Jun 7, 2019 | Author, Blog, Food for thought
How to fight through to the fun! I’m an over thinker by nature (and possibly nurture via my mother and grandmother). In some areas of my life, it works to my advantage – like in business development and planning, and in managing complex, multi-faceted book...
by Christine | May 31, 2019 | Author, Blog, Books
Humans are social creatures. Even the most self-professed antisocial authors enjoy occasionally communing with other people. This is especially true when we’re feeling lonely, insecure, and unsure of ourselves. In other words – when we’re writing a...
by Christine | Mar 12, 2019 | Author, Blog, Social Media
We’re all pretty good at articulating the “what” of our life stories. It’s the “how” and “why” that are often out of focus. I ran into this in the writing of my own memoir The Power of the Curve, when I realized that I’ve effectively lived 9 different lives, and...
by Christine | Mar 5, 2019 | Author, Blog, Books
The irony is… The crazier, more nonsensical, personal, candid, and let’s face it – strange – the things that you’re thinking of writing are, the more you should consider sharing them with readers. Creativity takes courage. Being a writer turns that courage...
by Christine | Feb 27, 2019 | Author, Blog, Books
What is the advantage of being an author? Do you ever get the feeling that, as authors, people think our most useful skills are spelling out and defining words, and spotting grammatical errors on Facebook? Shockingly enough, our writing skills extend well beyond being...
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