What is it they say? You plan and then life takes over, or something along those lines. In the two years since my last post, a lot has...

Hello. It’s been a busy period, hence my absence from this site. Everyday pressures like work oftentimes require us to step away from our...

Hello, it’s been a while. Spring was one heck of a busy and surreal season. In a blink of an eye summer arrived, and I realized I had not...

I say this objectively: the job of an editor is tough, it comes with almost zero accolades and it ensures you are never in the spotlight...

Writing has been a part of my life for, oh, I'd say at least 40 years. Miss Hollins, my eighth grade English teacher, saw my potential...

Undeniably, COVID-19 is horrific and has wreaked havoc on human lives — personally and professionally. I, like so many others, feel the...

For as long as I can remember, I have always been intrigued by the Japanese poetry style of haiku. And truth be told, I never wondered...

The ability to understand, imagine and even share what someone feels is what being empathetic is all about. Researchers who study emotion...

I’ve been working on my novel for about six or seven years. Life challenges, especially when we cannot find a solid work-life balance or...

In the world of Myers-Briggs, I am an INFJ-A (an Advocate with Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Judging personality). Positive traits...