The Beautiful Addiction By Dr. Zeev Gilkis This is another wonderfully inspiring book by Dr. Gilkis about how to age with grace and dignity. I have had the pleasure of reviewing a few of his books over the last year or so. His message for individuals as they age is that we no longer need…
Mediocrity is the opposite of excellence. It means being neither good nor bad. We struggle to transcend mediocrity though. Some writers eventually overcome mediocrity. But is mediocrity real or perceived? How many of us write as if we’re mediocre how many consider ourselves mediocre writers? Despite training? Despite success? The important to realize is that…
If you haven’t made much, if any, progress towards your writing goals this year you might think you should simply give up. But I am urging you not to do so. Despite the fact that there are only three months left in 2021, you can still get a lot of things done. You just have to…
This is a unique book about the adventures and reflections of a person as he travelled along the west coast. It is a divine place, one where people can see deep into their souls and pause to reflect on their place in this vast and beautiful planet, we call earth. There is something…
August is usually the month when we take holidays and we decide to take a step back from our writing and from our life before everything goes back to normal again, quite literally. However, August need not be a month when we sluff off completely and do no writing. I have been harping…
I believe many of us are living our writing lives at a minimal level. We never seem to want to excel or do anything above what we’ve been doing for many years. We fall into habit ruts that keep us stuck in a groove that doesn’t help us grow as a writer or be our…
This is a sequel to Arcadia’s Children 3: Pushley’s Escape. Like the other three books in the series, this book is just as poignant, and action packed as the rest of his books in this series. This is a story of action and intrigue in a unique sci-fi setting. It is a story that…
In Sickness and in Health By Demetria Alexander Grissett No one wants to hear that they have cancer. But once Demetria was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma of the bone marrow/plasma cells, she had to find a way to process this news and her journey. She always wanted to become a writer. But somehow life…
There is a line of research that suggests that setting a goal is as important as considering what may prevent the goal from becoming a reality. This s a method called mental contrast, where you begin by visualizing what you want, followed by the obstacles. An evidence-based goal-setting model called WOOP, which…
I just love the month of May. I always get inspired to start a few new pieces, whether they be short stories, e-books, picture books, or nonfiction articles. This is because as things are all burgeoning and opening up in nature, I love to mimic that in my creative endeavours. During the month of May,…