◊ ◊ ◊ Not everything that can be counted matters and not everything that matters can be counted. William Bruce Cameron ◊ ◊ ◊ Page count,...

The purse. Women love to buy them, talk about them, and brag about their attributes. We compliment each other on them, ask if we can...

Gina Greenlee photo: Whale watching on New Zealand’s Kaikoura Coast, June 2000 ◊ ◊ ◊ Years ago, while still new in my journey of teaching...

Get Excited Often, when we set out to “WRITE” we stumble because we are removed from the writing itself. We approach it like a 10th grade...

Fortune Magazine, December 2016 issue; How to Lead Like Zuck by Adam Lashinsky: “Ideas typically do not just come to you,” said Mark...

So what if your idea isn’t “new.” Don’t be afraid to take a new swing at an old ball. The 1937 Hungarian play, Parfumerie by Miklos...

It is more interesting to do things with sincerity and a certain quirkiness,” said late, renowned chef Charlie Trotter. “With perfection,...

There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from...

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A simple woman. A simple plan: Set a trap. Catch a man. Catch a man reel him in. Scrape his gills, crack his fin. Chop his head off rut...

To This Day I Remember Wanting to Strangle M. Strickland Hands around throat, breath on the choke. My bulbous eyes took his butt by...

You grew up riding the subway/running with people/ up in Harlem, down on Broadway/ You’re no tramp but you’re no lady/ talkin’ that...

Toy The Netflix Game Snapshot The Netflix Game nudges you to step outside your genre box. It fertilizes your imagination, which is life’s...

Historically, I’ve never been much for romance novels in part because they seemed too saccharine and Pollyanna. Unrealistic. That was the...

At 10 pm I awoke from a 4-hour nap. Could’ve tried to sleep for the night, then thought, why waste a good brain wash? We all know how...

According to Chinese Astrology, 2018 Year of the Dog is kind of bad luck. The good news: circumstances are what you make of them. Get...

Writing books takes time. It needn’t take years but it will take months. You are making progress but it will appear subtle. Until you...

Try something you’ve resisted because you didn’t want to “make a fool” of yourself. Yeah, that thing. The local comedy club in my town...

◊ ◊ ◊ Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box. Twyla Tharp ◊ ◊ ◊ The Box In her book, The Creative Habit: Learn...