Bucket List
At first, I didn't know what a bucket list was until I saw the movie, "The Bucket List." What a great idea! Now all my "to-do's" have a name - they are now called my "bucket list." But something wasn't right. A bucket list appeared to be for those who have an impending sense of end of life. They want to hurry up for lost time. I have neither. But I do have a bucket list. Anyone can have one. I find my list has changed over the years. I [...]
Reinvention or Forks?
I make no excuses. I don't even justify why anymore. I look back on my years, (I really think "my years" started after college) and realize when I was asked, "So, what do you do?" I never had an answer. I responded, "I work at an ad agency," or "I work for a bank." or "I write." I never quite made it to be an A.E. or a banker, and I still struggle with committing words, "I'm a writer." How easy they have it - dentists, lawyers, accountants, because that [...]
Chasing Flap Copy
I've read them all - on plot, beginnings, middles and ends, writing life stories, memoir, personal essays and whatever falls in between. Writers of these books have been prolific with general guidance and "how to" described in no uncertain abstract terms. Finally, I succumbed to just one more read on the memoir subject. "Writing & Selling Memoir" by Paula Balzer was the best read, most practical and user-friendly book I have found on the matter. I already choked on the first exercise, "write your own flap copy." Uh, huh. Balzer [...]
I’m New Here!
Do you ever think how new you are to things? You walk into a new grocery store, and you're new, you don't have the aisles down. You drive to a neighboring town, one you've never had to stop before, until today. You don't know how to get to where you need to be. You're new. Or you decided to take up golf. How do I hold the club? I'm new. There's a great deal of fear, whether you like to admit it or not, in being new. And being fearful, [...]