How to work with your bad habits and still meet goals — We all do it. We mean well. We set aside time to write or do a chore and then it all just sits while we go do something else. I’ll get lost in social media or begin playing with my playlists for my mood music, play around with the graphics…

A Gen Xer Defends the Next Generations — Has this played out well enough for everyone yet? I thought it had passed, but according to some of the quotes and mouth-breathing I’ve been witness to recently, the stigma is still around. And what is that? Millennials and Gen Zers are an entitled, weak couple of generations. Most Boomers…

Apparently, it’s acceptable. — The title was sarcasm from someone who has become cynical about this subject. I just thought I would make that clear. Shannon Ashley is a writer I follow on Medium that I respect. I don’t always agree 100% with what she writes, but she has an unmatched honesty. She has…

Marketing as an Author, especially an Indie-Author — You get bombarded with all kinds of advice when you're a writer. Much of it is advice that other writers want to sell to you. Some of this is good advice that teaches you what you need to know. But I’ve found that there are equal amounts of advice that…

Bless your hearts! — So, for those of you that don’t know, I grew up in the American South. To be more specific, central and southern Alabama. I’m Appalachian-raised, and we often went to the mountains for our weekend trips and even some vacations. Or we went to the gulf coast. My parents and…