I’ve been told the theory on closet cleaning and new clothes goes like this: for every new item you buy, you must get rid of one. In some abstract, not-my-life kind of way, the idea makes sense. Not that I follow it, because I don’t, but I see where someone - likely [...]

Like I mentioned in my March 1st post here, my oldest son graduated from Army boot camp this past weekend. If you knew my son, and knew the struggles he faced just to get to boot camp, you’d know what a huge achievement this was. He suffered for years from epilepsy. He had learning disabilities [...]

I found myself at a 6th grade basketball tournament last weekend. It’s a place I’ve found myself a lot this time of year. In our house, football season melts into basketball with only a two week hiatus, and hoop turns into baseball with even less down time. With three boys playing sports, [...]

I just read Colleen’s blog on her alternate job…do you all know she lives in my neighborhood? And Alison’s Promo Whoredom. I was hoping to take off from one or the other…but I don’t want to talk about promotion today, and the day job went away and that’s still a little sore…so I thought (while listening to music) and decided to talk about soundtracks.

I chose a famous line from the movie Chinatown (starring Jack Nicholson as the PI Jake Gittes) for my title. Why? Because I just wrapped up two back-to-back deadlines in my writing career, and now I’m back to being a PI in my other career. I always surprise people when [...]

Recently on my own blog, I mentioned an article in the April issue of RT called “TOP 25 WAYS TO SELL YOUR BOOK” written by author and RT columnist Cindy Cruciger. Unfortunately, this is the reality of an author’s life and career these days. As much as we want to rely on [...]

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