My Top Ten Navy Boot Camp Lessons (Good, Bad & Ugly…Smelling)
My Top Ten Navy Boot Camp Lessons (Good, Bad & Ugly...
MY YEAR IN BOOKS – 2022
It's January, so a great time to take a look back at my year in books. I 💜 BOOKS! I love to read and have always been an eclectic and voracious reader. Being an author, editor and book coach is a great excuse to embrace what I...
US Navy Boot Camp-Day One: Welcome to RTC Orlando
Boot Camp Send-off? I really don’t recall the first leg of travel to Navy Boot Camp. A lot of things fade after 40+ years. I was twenty years old and already out of the house when I joined. I had also signed up a month or...
I Made a “Best Books” List for Shepherd.
I made a “best books” list for Shepherd. Here's the how and why...
5 Things I Learned Writing Blood From a Rose
Here are 5 Things I learned Writing Blood From a Rose: I learn something with every story, every poem, every book. Every time I sit down and write out an aspect of what I think or who I am or just let me imagination run wild...
5 Ways Readers Can Support Their Favorite Authors (Indie or Otherwise)
Show Some Book Love Readers love books and authors, we know this. But sometimes, being a writer can feel like a lonely pursuit. As solitary as some of us are, we really do appreciate knowing that readers care, that they love the characters and stories we...
USS Jason: Rainbow at Sea
During my time aboard the USS Jason (AR-8), I was assigned to the R4 Division. We were mainly Electronics Technicians (ETs)—often called Twidgets. I have never quite discerned why. Although, the story goes that it had to do with the tools we carried for tweaking...