Hello Friends! I find myself both excited and nervous to be doing the official announcement that my book of fiction, Neath a Veil of Snow, is available on Amazon. It’s an interesting thing, holding both of those feelings simultaneously… the…
Help Me Celebrate My Birthday!
Hello, friends! Another birthday as not the only thing I’m celebrating today. I’m also celebrating my book, Neath a Veil of Snow, which officially launches November 1! It’s a compilation of three “preludes” – novellas that each introduce a unique…
Endings… and Beginnings
“Can’t say I’ve ever been too fond of beginnings, myself. Messy little things. Give me a good ending anytime. You know where you are with an ending.” –Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones It’s been a while. How have…
Free of Gravity Celebrates Two Years—With a Vacation
Friday, April 1, was Free of Gravity’s second birthday. Not much fanfare here on the blog this year, compared to last year’s release of the Be Your Own Hero Manifesto. I didn’t post this April 1 so no one…
Everybody Knows That! The Pull of Conventional Wisdom
Continuing our “Gravity Series” at Free of Gravity, where we’re delving into some of the most common (and most powerful) types of Gravity that keep us from escaping our comfort zones and achieving our heroic potential. Our previous entries in…
Why Is That Person Sitting in MY Seat?
Continuing our “Gravity Series” at Free of Gravity, where we’re delving into some of the most common (and most powerful) types of Gravity that keep us from escaping our comfort zones and achieving our heroic potential. My favorite Starbucks is…
Is It Right to Make Time for Myself (When My Family Needs Me)?
(This month is “Gravity Month” at Free of Gravity, where we’re delving into some of the most common—and most powerful—types of Gravity that keep us from escaping our comfort zones and achieving our heroic potential.) Family First When I ask…
Bad Habits Holding You Like Gravity? How to Fight Back
“Every body continues in its state of rest, or of uniform motion in a right line, unless it is compelled to change that state by forces impressed upon it.” –Newton’s First Law of Motion We’ve spent the last couple…
Four Simple Secrets for Taking Action on Your Goals Right Now
[] Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot; but make it hot by striking. –William Butler Yeats My friend James and I were having a conversation about nutrition over dinner (I guess an appropriate place to have…
Can Our Work Do It All? Sustain Us, Define Us, and Inspire Us?
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love…