Today, I arranged and attended a training session called Getting Things Done. I’d described this to my co-workers as a time management training on steroids. I was looking forward to learning some tips and tricks so I can be more productive, considering there aren’t enough hours in the day to complete all the tasks on… Read More Getting Things Done

In my previous blog, I confessed to a serious shortcoming. I am chronically directionally challenged. My disorder is so severe that if my instinct tells me to take a left, the correct direction is to the right. Eventually after too many years of doing the same thing and getting lost EVERY SINGLE TIME, I started… Read More Left or Right?

Here’s a question that comes up on occasion: What tools do you use as a writer? People have asked if I use something like Scrivener, Evernote, or even a notebook to create outlines or character sketches. I always answer with complete seriousness, I use my laptop. I don’t make outlines or use any tools and… Read More I Have No Flippin Idea…

Normally during the course of the week, an idea or topic regarding what to blog about will pop into my pseudo creative head. Unfortunately, this week, no matter what I tried, I couldn’t come up with an idea. Nothing, nada, zip, zilch entered my sphere. So…that’s what I’m going to talk about—nothing. I suppose what… Read More I Got Nothing…

Every year I am asked about my New Year’s resolutions and I always shock people when I tell them I don’t have any. Of course, like most everyone else I have plenty of things I need to change about myself, but that isn’t why people are perplexed. The shock probably originates from the perception that others have… Read More Resolutions…Smesolutions (Yes I Know This Is Not A Word)