What inspires me today? 1. Thinking of the awesome people in my life. 2. Getting emails from my readers. 3. Reading inspirational quotes as I look for a quote for this post. 4. Creating my own inspirational quote. đ 5. Letting inspiration flow through me while planning a new story. 6. Getting feedback from a first draft that will make […]
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Where Did All The Losers Go?
Confession: I personally identified with the label âloserâ for the vast majority of my life. It started when I was young, and didnât relent even after I had success as a writer. Even with millions of copies of my novels printed, translated into other languages, and published by different publishers, I still considered myself to personally be a loser: my […]
Continue readingThe Boy in Santa Marta
The last couple of days, Iâve been thinking about a boy I met just over a year ago. We didnât exchange anything like words, but there was another sort of exchange, one that is hard to describe. But Iâll try⌠Iâm sitting on the seawall of a Caribbean beach; not a fancy resort beach, but a public beach in the […]
Continue readingThree Years to âSweep Offâ
Iâve been wanting to read Eat Pray Love, by Elizabeth Gilbert for ages, and yet it sat by my bedside table for far longer than I care to admit, mainly because Iâd seen the movie and so it was hard to justify the time to read it as well. Thank you â42 booksâ goal for that justification! I have now read […]
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I’m open for possibilities. I’m open for choices. I always welcome new ideas. I’m always eager to learn. I’m never going to close my mind from learning. ~ Cesar Millan I have been open to the possibilities, just like Cesar. đ I have a new idea! What’s more, it’s a novel idea, and not a juvenile novel either. My juvenile […]
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