Writer & Editor
This week, my mind has been hyper-focused on my finances. Well, that among other things. But, the majority of my thoughts have stemmed from my current financial situation. I’ve come to learn that finances are ever in flux. Our finances, in a way, are much like our emotions. We have…
The following quote is from Lee Eisenberg who references Anaïs Nin and some of the meaningful reasons why us writers write. It is a quote I found on Goodreads, originally published in Lee’s book The Point Is: Making Sense of Birth, Death, and Everything in Between. Lee Eisenberg is an American editor…
This week, I’ve been thinking a lot about fearlessness. Over the years, fearlessness has not, in my opinion, been one of my strongest traits. Patience hasn’t either. I know this because, in the past, whether intentionally or not, I was always in such a hurry. Whether it was in trying…
This week’s theme, as seen on Reddit, is “Monsters.” There were many ways I could approach this theme. However, because I have been heavily focused on my writing and editing business, I decided to approach it from that angle. There are many “monsters” that one can face during the writing process….
This morning, my lesson in A Course in Miracles was about exactly that: miracles. It highlighted the importance of both the miracles we offer as well as the ones we receive. So I thought, why not make that today’s theme? The daily exchange of miracles is, after all, what makes the world go ’round. They take place between…
With everything happening in the world today, it quickly becomes a question what our future, and the world’s future, will look like. But believe it or not, we have a say as to how we’d like it to be. The future is, essentially, a projection and evolution of the now. So the…
The following is a quote from Anaïs Nin on the future of the novel, as featured on the Brain Pickings article “Anaïs Nin on Writing, the Future of the Novel, and How Keeping a Diary Enhances Creativity: Wisdom from a Rare 1947 Chapbook.” Anaïs Nin was an essayist and memoirist born to Cuban…
Sometimes in life, we make mistakes. And oftentimes, these mistakes hurt someone else. Sometimes, it’s our own selves we hurt. There then comes a point where one realizes that nothing can be done to change what happened, the past is past. But, one can apologize. A statement as simple as “I’m sorry” or “forgive me” may not seem like…
Hi, everyone! Happy Labor Day! For this week’s #MetaphorMonday, I wanted to feature one of my absolute favorite metaphors that has inspired my work and my life. The metaphor I speak of can be found within the powerful pages of Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe’s Faust. Here’s the stanza, as featured in…