Another of my bait-and-switch posts – not that kind of pot. 😀 Nor am I referring to our modern cooking pots. The pots I truly love are those that were made over the centuries by people now long gone; who sat at their potters’ wheels molding clay with patience and artistry. When their pots dried, they decorated and […]
Just into my forties, mid-career; hotly pursued by footsteps. Closer, closer. Soon they’ll be upon me. Ascending the pyramid, I’m approaching the top. The climbing gets harder. Vertical musical chairs. Only in this game, failure to get a chair ends a career. The dilemma: reach for the next level or hold on to the chair at […]
I love creating stories with intelligent heroines–especially the ones for whom the television is simply their largest computer monitor. However, the backstory for the heroine in my new novel is giving me fits. How can I hide a crucial piece of her personal history from her? If it’s anywhere on the World Wide Web, […]
It took all summer, but just as Jarin will, I’ve put down my brush and pushed away from the easel for the last time. Sparks is ready to be published. Look for it in October, 2012. My marketing plan is helping me to plan and execute. The professionals I am meeting along the way are courteous, tremendously […]
Welcome to my new site! I know, I know… I made myself a new one just last spring. I loved my new-old Posterous website. In fact I still do. It’s just that I now need a full-fledged domain with more content possibilities and email. Look around and let me know how you like it. FYI, the […]
Chaos is here. Wait…that’s not true. I may as well own it. Whiplash or not, I MADE the chaos.My life is – and always will be – a mashup. I’m into more than just a single theme, or even variations on that theme. But it’s my choice whether it will be an artful mashup or have […]
The world from up there is very different. I took one last look at the high-rise and my former penthouse condo at almost its very top. And then I turned my back on it. I’d had my finger on the pulse of high-finance. I’d been master of profitable shenanigans that grew more outrageous with each […]
Embarrassing but true – I’m suffering through an identity crisis. Not in the sense of real name versus pen name, though that debate rages in some corners of the writing community. As much as I love to read, I don’t recall ever questioning the name on a book jacket. However, I have made sure to […]
We all know that the Managing Partner is on his way to a Board position. One of us is to be his successor. To his credit, none of us has a clue which of us it will be. He has mentored us all; helped us all advance our careers. One among us wants the rest […]
Embarrassing as hell. We’re the premiere analysis company and we’ve been spied on and infiltrated—after one of our own analysts produced a seminal report on how to avoid such a situation. That’s what got the old guy fired. Well, not really. At this level of the game, you get asked to retire—not fired. Unless you’re […]
