Pick a challenge, any challenge, something in your daily life that you'd really like to change. For a start, I'd suggest something small, but this is YOUR experiment, so do it your way.Sit down, preferably with pen and paper, or if you're a techno-type, open a fresh...

Like many of the best things I've ever learned, the Law of Correspondence comes directly from the material of Brian Tracy, motivational speaker extraordinaire. He got it from Aristotle.Simply stated, the Law of Correspondence means that the internal dynamics of a...

I've been giving that a lot of thought, both for professional and personal reasons.What IS it that really sets a hero and/or heroine apart from the herd?In my humble opinion, it's the courage to love. Full-out, sweaty, sometimes bruised and bloody, but always loving,...

Well, THIS is certainly a mind-bender! Turns out, each one of those 78 colorful cards is a little window, straight into my psyche. Not only that, it's a window into my characters' deeper minds, too. Get rid of the fortuneteller image. Get rid of the Jamaican chick...

Do you ever wake up with the frustrated, disjointed sensation that your emotional forces are scattered all over some inner landscape?I certainly do. This very morning was a case in point.As I always do, I journaled to get to the bottom of the question. Essentially, by...

Well, if you got past the subject line, you are a very brave soul.What IS garbage stew, you may be asking, and why should I think about it on a beautiful Sunday morning? Good questions!Garbage stew is the unconscious sludge that keeps us stuck--if we don't know it's...

Today, I had an email from the manufacturer/inventor of my Marvel Machine. He's been reading the blog--isn't that great? It seems I should try for the full four minutes on the lower body workout. This is an upper-body day, so I can take the day to think about it. I...

Where does the time go?It's amazing, how fast a week passes these days.So many things going on! Planning the dog yard. Writing the new book. Making the most preliminary of plans for the dream house. A particularly challenging course at the University of Phoenix. It...

I was born in Spokane, Washington, on June 10, 1949. I've always liked the limelight. When Mom went into labor that sunny summer morning, Dad was in a panic and raced up a one-way street--the wrong way. A motorcyle cop whipped in behind him and flipped on the whirling...

Of course I'm not an idiot, at least, not a complete one, and neither are you. However, I am so fond of these books that I thought I'd say a few words about them here.I probably own thirty of these bright orange tomes. Right now, beside me on the kitchen table, where...

Yesterday I started--really started--the first book in my new trilogy of contemporary romantic suspense stories. The title, provided my editor and publisher agree, is "Dead Husbands", to be followed by "Dead Wives" and "Dead Lovers." Yikes! While writing these...

Wow. I did almost four minutes on the lower body part of the machine, and was really undone afterward. Winded and a little dizzy--the dogs rushed to offer consolation and concern. My mama didn't raise no fool--I'm cutting back to one minute on that exercise, and will...