Today, I was in the same room as a bunch of dead bodies. That’s something only a writer would start a conversation with, right? Haha And that’s exactly what I was doing at the El Paso County coroner’s office on a rainy Saturday afternoon. Research for my books. My local writer’s group had booked a […]
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A year and 5 months
Two years ago, almost to the day, I sent an email from a hotel room in Charlotte, NC. “I got my bachelor’s degree in history from the University of Colorado at Boulder [insert an embarrasingly large number of years] ago. Since then, I’ve been a copywriter and consultant for technology companies. Would the Department of […]
The Myth of Having It All
I won a massive copywriting project a few weeks back, and it’s going to run through February. For the first time in a long time, I feel like I can’t take time for reading and personal writing in the morning — I have to hit my work desk as soon as I can. Missing this […]
Does happiness depend more on actions or location?
I was listening to a podcast the other day where the host remembered a quote from a famous author about where you are impacting how you feel — and unfortunately, he couldn’t remember the author’s name. The point of the podcast host’s offhanded, unattributed pseudo-quote was to support one of his concepts for creative self […]
Sienna
Recently I thought back over the 13 years of my marriage and realized something startling: In that time, there were only two years with no major life events. For 11 of those 13 years, we’ve gone through births, deaths, major illness, big moves, natural disasters, etc. And we’ve survived … and even grown stronger through […]
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 […]
