Transformational Coaching

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. ~ Henry David Thoreau. Memoir or …

 Writing is not just for those who consider themselves “writers.” It is just as much a transformational tool as it is a craft for creative …

First, forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain youwhether you’re inspired or not.Habit is persistence in practice.~ Octavia Butler Good Writing Habits Support Inspiration Inspiration …

Enjoy Being a Bad Writer You can only write regularly if you’re willing to write badly. If you accept bad writing as a way of priming …

Mindfulness is a way of befriending ourselves and our experience. ~Jon Kabat-Zinn At times like we are in now, challenging, to say the least, we are given …

Characterization at Its Best  Writers—the good ones anyway—are keen observers of human nature and they capture it in their characters and storytelling. They show the behaviors, …

  Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. ~Zig Ziglar Daniel Pink, the author of When: The …

Why Do Writers Write? 10 Reasons to Write a Book                                                                                               Writing a book is not the most difficult thing you will ever do, but because it …

Only the writer really knows the answer to that question. I start teaching a new class in a couple of weeks and in the first …