Social media. Often just the mention of this subject conjures up hours of time. First there’s the time it takes to hang out online, then the time it takes to …
Extreme Book Makeover: Don’t forget the Hurrah Ending!
I love sports movies. They’re so simply constructed – a down-and-out team (for some reason – they’ve lost their coach, or their team is divided, or their star players are …
Do What You’re Afraid to Do
It appears that one of my favorite songs in The Sound of Music is the song Julie Andrews liked least of all. The Sound of Music. What a story, with Julie …
Imagination Time: Allowing Yourself to Daydream
Do you remember what it was like to be a little kid? The hours spent outside making forts, putting on skits, creating new clubs, making daisy chains and laying in …
Creating Characters We Want To Have Coffee (or Diet Coke) With
A book is about people. Ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Or, simpler, extra ordinary things. But to feel for these people and go on the journey with them we have …