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Throughout my life I’ve gone through many changes — serial lives. I’ve been a teacher, secretary, database guru, manager, wife, mom, stagehand and more.

But I’ve always been a writer.

The time has come, I believe, to spend more time writing what I love and working with other authors to help them achieve the [...]

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Goals?

January means resolutions. I can tell when I go to the gym…those people are there. By February the gym begins to free up and by March they are totally gone.

What makes the difference between someone who stays and someone who goes? Here are four possible reasons why people are sabotaging their own goals.

“Shoulds” [...]

The Power of Nice

In January 2011 I wrote a post that continues to be one of my most popular: Can Nice People Succeed in Business? As the angst and anger over the fiscal cliff and gun control bring out the not-so-nice in people, the question broadens.

Does it pay to be nice at all?

After I posted [...]

Dealing with Fear

I think of myself as a courageous person, but every once in a while life makes me take a good look at how fearful I can be.

Last Friday I began a series of posts with one on the Montana Romance Writers blog to cope with the tragedy in Newtown. I succeeded it with one [...]

Can Nice People Succeed in Business?

I was talking with my neighbor yesterday. (It’s a forgotten art — you get out of your chair, go next door and have a conversation without any type of electronic gadget at all–amazing!)

She told me that my husband and I are too nice to succeed in business. We’re not cut-throat enough. (Since we continue [...]