Experience the “Gilded Age” onJekyll Island,Georgia

January 6, 2012

If just hearing names like Rockefeller, Astor, Morgan, Vanderbilt and Macy make you long to travel backwards to a more elegant time, you’ll love Jekyll Island. This small island off the Georgia coast was once home of the famous “Millionaires Club” where some society’s wealthiest families spent their winter months. Back then, the Island was [...]

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Out With the Old (Clutter), In With the New (Ideas)

January 3, 2012

I spent the last day of 2011 in my office, but I wasn’t writing, setting goals or doing other literary-type things. My end-of-year task was rather boring and mundane–but one that can breed incredible, far-reaching results. I purged my office. For those with meticulously neat work areas, this makes no sense, because straightening your creative [...]

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Three Questions to Ask Yourself for 2012

December 29, 2011

The week between Christmas and New Year’s is generally one of reflection for me. I take down the previous year’s calendar and compare what I had planned to do with what I actually did–or didn’t–accomplish. Then I put up the new calendar and start thinking about goals for the coming year. But this year, before [...]

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The Christmas Gift (eBook) — My Gift to You!

December 16, 2011

Christmas is hands-down my absolute favorite time of the year. I’ve always wanted to write a Christmas story, but I’ve never had an idea for one that compelled me to take action. Until now. Most story ideas flit through my mind and disappear, but the inspiration behind my novella, The Christmas Gift, showed up and [...]

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Is it an “Opportunity” or “Anxiety”?

December 8, 2011

Last month, I had a chance to do not one, but two things I’d never done before. I found myself at the helm of a 52-foot catamaran, and I also found myself as an extra on a television show. One of these was an opportunity that got me giddy with excitement, while the other started [...]

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Mary, Moments & Memories

December 2, 2011

We all have defining moments, things that happen that mold and shape us, that change the course of our lives. A list immediately comes to mind, right? Some of these moments are huge and wonderful and arrive accompanied by trumpets and fanfare — like weddings and the birth of children. Others roar in like a [...]

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Back to Basics: The Writer’s Manifesto

November 29, 2011

While everyone I know is running full-tilt into the craziness and insane pace of the holiday season, I find myself doing the opposite. One small step at a time, I’ve quietly eased back from the noise and pull of the lights and started tiptoeing in the opposite direction. Too many boxes of Christmas decorations litter [...]

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Set the Mood with your Favorite Thanksgiving Recipe

November 23, 2011

Last Saturday, my friend Leslie Santamaria and I taught a workshop called, Write YOUR Story. We had a wonderful time talking with writers and would-be writers about how to get started writing their life stories. Often, that pesky beginning is the hardest part of all. One of the ways to break that mental barrier is [...]

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Make a Child’s Dream Come True

November 11, 2011

One of my passions—and the purpose of my blog—is to encourage fellow dream-chasers to reach their goals and take next steps on the journey. But for today, I’m going to turn the tables and ask you to join me in making a dream come true for a needy child somewhere in the world. All it [...]

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