My First Novel OUT NOW! Tunes and Tails: Purrfectly Prejudiced
Tunes and Tails #1: Purrfectly Prejudiced “Welcome to Catbridge High, where the battle of the bands isn’t just about winning over the crowd—it’s a fight for fame, fortune, and nine lives’ worth of legendary mischief. Enter Lunatics in Love, the feline phenoms with attitudes as sharp as their guitars and a playlist as chaotic as their lives. […]
My Mind is a Racetrack
My mind is a racetrack with too many open loops.Much of the time it hosts a free-for-all of racing thoughts, zooming past one another at breakneck speeds, leaving behind trails of dust, confusion, and expletives. Every corner is littered with distractions, detours, and unfinished business, waiting to be completed. The gray matter in my skull […]
How and When Prewriting is Useful for Your Writing
For me, prewriting has always been a bit of an ironic term. After all, this preparation involves writing things down. I’ve rarely ever done it in the traditional sense, as I prefer to simply write a first draft. But despite its confusing etymology, the process is helpful for some writers. So, how and when is […]
Motion in Writing
A writer must always be in motion, just as we all should be. This motion should always be clear in our writing, reflecting our soul constantly reinventing itself on the fly. It’s important for us as writers to never stay still for long. We must go out of our way to be out of our […]
You Just Do You
There’s truckloads of advice out there on how to be the best version of yourself. We’re constantly bombarded with “life hacks” and “success habits” as if we’re all malfunctioning robots just one app away from a factory reset. But, most of this advice is about as useful as an ejector seat on a helicopter. I’ve […]
How to Find Our Essential Purpose
Finding our purpose in Life is something every one of us strives to do. It seems only a tiny fraction of us ever find that purpose, though. But, it really shouldn’t be that way. More recently, I’ve been seeking what I like to call an “essential purpose.” I strongly believe each and every one of […]
Is Writing At a College Level Bad When Writing for the Masses?
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.” – Albert Einstein Writing advice is everywhere. Some is like a tasty granola bar to give you a little boost. But, more often, it’s more like that moldy loaf of bread you forgot about in the back of the pantry. Like said expired […]
Your Reality Reflects Your Frame of Reference
Ever have one of those days where you feel like the world is out to get you? Maybe your morning tea tasted like dishwater, your boss gave you that death stare, and even your favorite pair of jeans suddenly don’t fit right. Okay, before you spiral into an abyss of self-pity, let me ask you […]
Once You Choose Your Online Niche, Can You Change It Later?
They say when you start writing online, you’ve got to pick your poison right away. You might think I mean to say “niche,” but in this case “poison” is the most apt synonym. Anyway, you can’t just slap together a few words on a topic. No, you must become the self-appointed expert on a subject […]
Taking Flight
Years ago, I was assigned an essay about what my superpower would be if I could have just one. I don’t recall if it was for a college scholarship or something, but interestingly enough, my answer remains the same as it did back in 2005. If I could have one superpower, it would be the […]