Category: Writing

• On Self-Doubt

  

  I had a meltdown about writing—the process of—this morning. Simultaneously, my son, a recent BS degree graduate, did too—about job hunting. His email to me while I’m melting down: “I’m applying for jobs and contacting these people but when absolutely no one contacts me back I feel like I’m just sinking. I’m just looking through […]

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  June 30, 2021

  depression, education, Emapthic, Emotional Intelligence, Family, family life, lonely, lonliness, Uncategorized, writers, Writing

  career, college grad, depressed, depression, fear, job search, jobs, momlife, parenting, ptsd, self-doubt, software developers, software engineers

• Food in Fiction

  

  Ever had a blind date? While women are worried the guy is a psycho-killer, most guys are worried the woman will be fat. I’ve always had a…complicated relationship with food. I grew up in the 70s and 80s, when heroin addict thin was trending chic. My mother’s favorite actress was Audrey Hepburn, because she was, […]

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  January 28, 2020

  addiction, Author Interview, Authors, lonely, lonliness, marriage, memoir, Romance, Romantic Read, voracious readers, Women’s Fiction, writers, Writing

  atkins, dieting, diets, dubrow, eating disorders, golo, keto, noom, sirtfood

• Writer’s Block

  …or The War Inside My Head I have time to write the 2nd draft of PT. Or, at least, I can make time. But I’m NOT WRITING it. Why? WHAT IS THE FUCKING PROBLEM? I CAN’T THINK OF STORY. HELL, I CAN’T THINK other than about my fucked up sitch, in the REAL WORLD, outside […]

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  October 31, 2017

  Authors, Emerging Authors, indie authors, writers, Writing

  writer’s block

• Storytelling is Truth—Tweaked

  

  Way before writing novels, I was a storyteller. As a little kid, before I could write, I used to come to breakfast and recount tales of going to Disneyland and other elaborate adventures I had during the night with my stuffed dog, Checkers. The purpose was less to entertain then to garner my mother’s attention, […]

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  September 21, 2017

  Authors, avid readers, Creativity, indie authors, Indie-publishers, kindle, parenting, Publishing, readers, Uncategorized, writers, Writing

  authors, book agents, book reviews, bookbub, content marketing, publishers, storytelling, writers