I had hit a wall with writing Santa Fe Blues before my daughter went into the hospital in May. I was still writing, but it was a slow process — much slower than Paint It Red had gone. I was frustrated, but determined to finish the draft before I made any judgments about its quality. […]
Getting Outside Your Head
The power of words never ceases to amaze me. They hold the power to connect us and to create rifts. The written word can take us out of reality for a short while. The spoken word can bring us more fully into the present. Writing, for me, is thinking. It’s how I process the world […]
The Courage to Be Human
There are two things I know: Change is the only constant. Complacency is the enemy of a life well lived. One thing we can guarantee in life is that things will change. For good or for bad, sooner or later, something in your life will change. But that doesn’t mean you should sit around waiting […]
An Escape Is Good Enough
Two weeks ago, my 2-year-old went into cardiac arrest in her high chair. I happened to be home at the time, and performed CPR until the paramedics arrived. She (and I, with her) spent 10 days in the ICU, where the doctors got her heart rhythm under control and she underwent heart surgery. In the […]
A Story Is a Transformation
In the marketing world, where I currently spend much of my work-week hours, “storytelling” has become jargon. There are so many marketing experts out there claiming to “help you tell your brand story,” “use storytelling to grow your business,” and “tell stories that attract more customers” — story had lost all meaning to me. It […]
The Connection Gap in the Virtual World
This past weekend, I attended the Pikes Peak Writers Conference. It’s one of the bigger writing conferences here in the state of Colorado, and I look forward to it every year. This year it was all online, and I really thought I’d be fine with that. After all, I go to writers conferences mainly to […]
