by Peter Leavell, @PeterLeavell In 2011, I won Operation First Novel, which came with a publishing contract and $20,000. The PR firm hired to launch my career found so many …
Reach for the Stars
by Delores Topliff, @DeloresTopliff I’d heard of Neil deGrasse Tyson, the astrophysicist and planetarium director hosting the PBS NOVA ScienceNow show, but didn’t know his personal story. It seems that an …
Writers, Do What You Don’t Want to Do! (Take 2)
by Beth K. Vogt, @bethvogt “As with anything creative, change is inevitable.” Enya (1961-), Irish Musician Remember that challenge I gave you in my January 2022 blog post, oh-so many months …
Offering Your Talents
By Toni Shiloh, @tonishilohwrite The holiday season always puts me in a reflective state. And seeing how this will be my last post for the blog, I was even more …
5 Simple Steps To A Stress-Free Christmas
by Alena Wendall, @alenawendall We enjoyed a fantastic, stress-free Thanksgiving. It was so easy, but I wondered why previous Thanksgiving’s seemed so complicated. I tried to think of the things I changed …




