Fear of failure is a common phrase. But there are so many quotes about picking up, moving on, learning from, and becoming better people because of our failures, that I wonder why should we fear it? And why should it…
The Trouble With Blogging
Do you know me? If you’ve been following along over the past year, year and a half, two years that I’ve been blogging, you probably know me better than some of my friends (can they really be called friends if…
How To Write A Bad Review
In the past year, I’ve become active on both goodreads and Twitter. Each time I record my opinion of a book on goodreads, it gets sent out to hundreds of people via Twitter, sometimes even directly to the author. Earlier…
Good Thing I’m Not a Gymnast
The word of the day is: balance. I’m terrible at balancing my personal and professional lives. Am I alone? Extreme? You tell me. Being a writer, working from home, it is so easy to let others intrude, and/or stop writing…