Many years ago, I interviewed for the job of my dreams. The salary was the culmination of everything I had worked my entire adult life for. Not only did I want the job, but I also needed it. Desperately. In pursuit of the dream job, I had been through countless interviews, and this one, HR […]
I have been weighing my options, trying to decide whether to publish my fiction book, My Stolen Diaries, traditionally, independently, or chapter by chapter through my blog. For several weeks, I have been thinking about how the process of organizing and arranging the chapters would come together while researching examples of formats other bloggers have […]
He was born in the winter, on a cold and rainy Wednesday night. He was finally mine, and I was struck with an enlightening love I had never before known. The January of my life. When I would call him mister-man in my baby talky voice, he smiled big and toothless, his brown eyes twinkled, and […]
I spent my early childhood years living with my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Many on the outside thought our living arrangements were unusual. To them, I was living in a broken home. To be clear, there was nothing broken about our home, our relationships, or our bond. And sure, we struggled, but there was a […]
Self-publishing is often the best, and sometimes the only way for writers to get their works into print. Self-publishing is challenging, but the concept that all self-published books are subpar is untrue, and more and more writers are choosing to take publishing matters into their own hands. The old adage that traditional publishing is the […]
