I quit my bookseller’s job yesterday. Let me say up front that I loved working at my local Barnes & Noble. I learned a lot and not just about books and store operations. It introduced me to books I would never have read. What’s more, working with young people helped me better understand things like…
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Monday Musings: Fear, Change and Barnes & Noble
Happy Monday! I appreciate all the wellness checks over the last couple weeks, but I swear I am not as depressed as it sounds. Okay, I might have been depressed a few weeks ago – and some really good friends stepped in to check on me — but I am in a good place…
When Fear Holds You Back
Forget everything I said last week about life getting in the way of my writing. This week, I figured out why I’m really having so much trouble finishing the rewrites on The Suburbs Have Secrets. It’s fear. For nearly a decade, my books were insulated by a publisher’s seal of approval. No matter what the…
Writing Productivity: Self -Confidence Update
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about needing to cultivate self-confidence. First thing I discovered is that there is a difference between self-confidence and self-esteem. Self-confidence is feeling good about one’s ability at a certain task or skill. Self-esteem is feeling good about one’s self period. Sadly, I need to cultivate both, but at…