Red attracts zombies, aliens, and police cars. Yellow and blue are much safer color choices.
Keep your family close. Pool your resources. Watch each others’ backs.
Spiders, aliens, and monsters attack from above. No one ever looks up. This is where the scary things hide.
If nothing else — pray.
Less than a year ago, I took a young woman aside and quietly explained that I was worried the e-publishing trend she was following might harm her writing career. I’d like to officially apologize. I was wrong. OK. I wasn’t just wrong, I was horribly horribly wrong. Fortunately, she’s a smart young woman and blew…
How does the cliche’ go? No good deed ever goes unpunished. I’ve decided this week that must be a twisted truth. My new saying is: no good deed ever goes unopposed. AND — the follow up is that the better the deed, the higher the opposition. I’m into some really wonderful good deeds right now,…
Right now, do an exercise: Pick one hot topic that you feel strongly about. Pick something you feel so strongly about that you are willing to fight for it. Now, describe someone who holds the opposing view. Did you come up with words like stupid or idiot? How about the more intellectually appropriate word: uninformed?…
I’m going to Surrey! The confirmation has been received: I’m a registered Trade Show vendor at the 16th Annual Surrey International Writers’ Conference. Table decorations and gifts are on order. This is an exciting opportunity for me, because I love working with my fellow writers. Let’s face it: content is the most important part of…
You don’t want to become a statistic. But you are one. Just by reading these words, you’ve become a statistic. As writers and marketers, we care about statistics…or at least we should. The biggest problem I see with websites is people caring about the wrong statistics, so this post is going to talk a little…
I stumbled across this article from the Associated Press about a pair of trafficking cases that have been dismissed. Human trafficking — a fancy term for slavery — is alive and well in America. It isn’t legal, but it is extremely hard to prosecute. A chunk of Sisterhood deals with human trafficking, because this is…
Good points to ponder! Maybe add:
Family is more than your blood relatives. Sometimes friends are better than family. Either way, the tricks are trust, fidelity/loyalty and integrity.
And prayer helps everything!
All excellent points, Rustie!