Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
Getting started is often the hardest part. It definitely was the case for me submitting short stories. I’d already submitted a few, and I’d received some personalized rejections, which was encouraging. For my non-writing readers, there really is such a thing as a good "no." Despite this fact, it was hard for me to pull… Continue reading Momentum
One thing I've learned on my writing journey is the importance of book reviews to authors, especially those that are still up and coming. The big authors have an audience regardless. It makes sense; I'd simply never thought about it before. Since learning about that, I've started leaving Goodreads and Amazon reviews as soon as… Continue reading Paying It Forward … In Advance
The last time I blogged about an Advanced Reader Copy book I’d received from a major publisher it was about Good Morning, Midnight. I thought I was excited then. That was nothing in comparison to this book review. Get ready for the ultimate in geek outs. Are you sitting down? Good, because my request for the… Continue reading Zero G
I love the advantages I had being a kid in the 1970s and a teenager in the 1980s. Queue the montage of avocado green and harvest gold appliances and kids flying down the street on their bikes morphing into '80’s haired battles on Atari and DOS programming on Commodore 64s. There is one thing I… Continue reading How I Learned to Love Science Fiction
Early last week on one of the sci-fi book groups I follow on Goodreads, there was an Android/Cyborg discussion. A brief summary for the uninitiated: Androids are completely mechanical, whereas cyborgs are human with bits of hardware. Okay, yes I do realize just how geeky the discussion was and how geeky it is that I'm sharing it.… Continue reading Cyborgs Everywhere
With my almost obsessive amount of reading lately, I have been doing a lot of genre hopping. My go-to's lately have been either Sci Fi or Canadian authors or both. I wanted to discuss three sci fi books that I've read this year: Little Brother, The Darwin Elevator, and Oryx and Crake. Little Brother immediately gave… Continue reading Sci Fi Book Review
Lately, not only have I been listening to old time radio shows, I had a new discovery that is quickly becoming a favorite. Did you know Pandora has an 80s Cardio channel?!?!? It is now all I listen to on my neighborhood walks. Not only have I been listening to A LOT of the music… Continue reading Nostalgia – 80s Style
Thanks to Bethel, a fabulous woman (and an incredible entrepreneur), and her sharing her discovery of podcasts on social media, I have a new source of entertainment. When I first saw her post, I patted myself on the back that I wasn't the last adopter of the technology. I normally am. Then, however, I read… Continue reading Living Past
Recently, I’ve begun reading again. I always knew that I liked to read, but I forget about the pure pleasure of it! Finding the time to start reading again is like returning to an old lover, one who accepts you with open arms and no guilt, as if no time had passed. [Author’s Note: Wait… Continue reading Rekindling an Old Flame
Grown Up, Now What? 