I am my brand , so ... who the heck am I? Or more specifically, who am I in terms of my writing and career and public life? My writing is...

I was asked the other day what I do to promote. Or if I promote at all. On thinking about it, I realize that's not at all an easy quest...

This week, when I opened my Shelf-Awareness newsletter, I was struck by four covers immediately. Well, five if you count the biography of S...

Priorities are not always obvious. When you work in a service field, especially one where some things are more urgent than others, you star...

In Week 2 of the 600 Minutes a Week Dare , I failed the goal by 18 minutes. It was tougher than the first week. I am really dipping into t...

Long before the Kindle, before the Nook. Before laptops and PDAs, before, frankly, the personal computer was invented, Michael Hart had a ...

Yesterday's post was about down time. And I'll just repeat the main point because I think people overlook it in their quest for mor...

Looking at all these old magazines made me want to go for a retro look on the blog. Not a big change, really, more just the header. I may d...

My very first job, outside of our own barn, was as a soda jerk. Or more specifically, a waitress/cook at an old fashioned pharmacy lunch co...

Still about a half hour away from my goal for the night. Today I've been going through some sticky stuff. I almost gave in to the tempt...

As some of you know, I am slow cooking an adventure series I sometimes call "The Serial." It's called this not because it wil...

This was a grand week for me, because this new dare and the whole 90 minutes a day thing has not only worked, but it also has freed me up fo...

Thus ends the first week of my new dare. I'm going to continue with this for two more weeks. I think that will bring me to the end o...

This 600 Minutes A Week Dare has finally given me the tool to make use of a lesson I learned a long time ago, but never could quite impleme...

I'm back to posting every day -- at least while I'm in an active dare. I'm still only posting a few full commentary posts a cou...