Not only does the following story snippet serve as an example of how to kill your darlings, but it might also entertain those who grew up near a river similar to the Cosumnes River in California.
Blogging
A Next Big Thing Blog: Ten Questions About My Book
Blog Hop: easier agreed to than done A Next Big Thing blog hop is a giant game of tag to help readers discoverauthors who are new to them. I said yes, of course, but it has taken me until now to actually answer the 10 questions involved. Believe me, this project is easier agreed to […]
Building Bridges through Spiritual Networking
I’m all for moving from the pyramid, top-down power structure that protects the self-interest of a limited few to horizontal-linking, with individuals at its center.
The Bla Bla Meter, Unmask Your Writing Style
To all writers – be you a novelist, journalist, PR-expert, or writer of Christmas letters – I think you’ll get a kick out of the Bla Bla Meter to “unmask” your writing style. Yep, it detects how much “bull” hides in your text. Bla Bla Meter Instructions You simply copy your excerpt (they suggest a minimum of five […]
Thoughts Become Things, Unleash the Power of Yes
Thoughts Become Things: What I Want I want to welcome and create something new into existence and use my imagination and life’s synergy to play it forward like great inventors and authors do. You know, get into “The Zone.” It’s called “emergence,” and is a topic researchers in areas as diverse as psychology, biology, and computer […]
The Between
The Between: A scary place “The between” is a scary place most of us don’t enter willingly. Instead, we’re catapulted there by a life-changing event, which in fiction is called the “inciting incident.” Like the fictional hero, we enter “the between” kicking and screaming and confront obstacles and tests we aren’t prepared or equipped to handle. We face-plant over and over, […]
