The Power of Being Me: Learning, Creating and Becoming
Over the past few weeks many of my college students (especially the ones coming closer to graduation) have been coming to me panicked that they don’t know what they want to do with their lives, and...
View ArticleOn the Loss of Wordless Love
A dog-shaped hole fills my heart as silence fills the house. She is not here to follow my every move in the hopes I will succumb to the begging mind-control eyes that say “Love me, give me a treat!”...
View ArticleBooks: The Story of When You Are
I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately. To be honest, I’ve been doing much more reading than writing. I know I should be writing, I know that becoming a “successful” writer means you must go beyond...
View ArticleA P.O.W.ERful Update
I just spent the weekend celebrating my 25th college reunion with my daughter, surrounded by the incredibly talent, passionate, and amazing women who attended Smith College. The theme for our class was...
View ArticleSummertime and the Reading is Easy!
If you are anything like me, your summer will be a combination of extra busy times, family fun, moments of relaxation, and stolen moments of creativity. And, of course, books, books, and more books . ....
View ArticleAnother Chance to Win
Visit my interview over at 4 Am Writer today, and get a chance to win a copy of P.O.W.ER. Don’t forget to leave a comment celebrating your own unique abilities. Don’t forget yesterday’s amazing...
View ArticleNature’s Stories: A Poem
I listen to the stories in languages unknown the croaks, the caws, the whispers, the stillness of a stone. The heartbeat of nature is filled with wild tales of love, of loss, of adventure, of mysteries...
View ArticleHow to Write Terrible Characters
I’m not talking about the characters we love to hate–they are usually layered and intriguing. I’m not talking about the characters who seduce you into believing they are charming and good but then...
View ArticleSingularity Cover Reveal: The Power of Community, Support, and Social Media
While the act of writing might be a solitary one, in the modern world of books the reality is that in order to succeed even the most talented author needs help. Sure, those with more traditional...
View ArticleWhat I did on my Summer Vacation by Helena-Hann Basquiat
It has been a while since we have celebrated anyone’s unique powers, but I am thrilled to be able to celebrate Helena Hann-Basquiat, the voice behind Memoirs of a Dilettante, Volumes I & II, plus...
View ArticleWhat I’m Learning this Summer
Summertime. An opportunity to spend more time outdoors. A season of cookouts, swimming, family adventures, good books and laziness. Unless you are me and my family. We spend our summers at a summer...
View ArticleA Review of SINGULARITY: Psychology, Terror, and the Power of the Mind
“Pulvis et umbra sumus {We are but dust and shadows}” –Horace When Helena Hann-Basquiat asked if anyone would be interested in reading an advanced copy of Singularity I jumped at the opportunity,...
View ArticleWhy I’ll Never Be Cool
Do you ever feel like you are caught in a cycle of trying to fit in with the “cool kids” and never quite making it? It’s like you are trapped in a never-ending vortex of middle-school/high school hell....
View ArticleCelebrating Our Unique Powers: The Gift of Inspiring Others by Kate Johnston
I think I first met Kate at 4am. Literally. I was wandering through a period of insomnia while I struggled to figure out how writing, creativity, and dreams could fit into my life when I finally gave...
View ArticleLife On My Own Terms: A Personal Manifesto
Do you ever feel like you can’t win for losing? Do you ever feel like you are lacking, in some significant way, the Je ne sais quois that will allow you into the winner’s circle . . . that you are...
View ArticleLet’s Just Stop
There’s an old theory, whether true or not, that there is no such thing as bad publicity. I’m beginning to think it is true, and that truth disturbs me more than you can imagine. We live in a world...
View ArticleNew Beginnings
L’shana tova! I may not be a very religious Jew, but still this time of the year is my new beginning. Perhaps it comes from the fact that I’ve never really left school, so September starts a new cycle...
View ArticleConnecting the Dots of Inspiration
It’s the middle of the night. I wake up suddenly. I’m not sure why. Maybe it was one of the usual bizarre dreams that walk the fine line between fascinating and terrifying. Or perhaps it was the...
View ArticleMy Personal Mountain Day
The bells chimed early this morning at my alma mater, signalling a day off–a day to enjoy nature, celebrate fall, take a break from papers, work, stress and the daily grind. The echo of the ringing...
View ArticleLife as a Renaissance Woman
I sat at a table filled with my first year studies seminar students in the POD (our campus’ main dining hall) and we just talked. The original plan was that we would hold part of our class in there,...
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