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Woman Helping Woman

I spent a weekend at a women’s recovery conference and I am certain there is nothing more powerful in recovery than woman helping and supporting other woman.  When I finally got into recovery I wanted nothing to do with women.  … Continue reading →

Stop Projecting!

A few weeks back I fell into a deep depression.  I have had little bouts of down days now and then but nothing major so this was different and a bit terrifying at times.  I was obsessed with negative thoughts … Continue reading →

The Importance of Being Positive

I have a daily reprieve from the disease of addiction based on the maintenance of my spiritual condition.  This is what I’m told and what I have come to believe.  So what does it mean to maintain my spiritual condition?  Some … Continue reading →

Freelance Epiphany

I had a bit of an epiphany I’d like to share with my fellow Indie authors.  Recently I attended a class on creating killer pitch letters at Grub Street, a Boston writers group.  Yes I chose to self publish my … Continue reading →

Thoughts on PTSD

I had a shrink diagnose me with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) once.  It made me mad.  I didn’t want to admit that the trauma I had suffered from my psychopath ex had lasting effects on me.  The fight to … Continue reading →

What is Spirituality?

I’ve been thinking a lot about spirituality lately, particularly what it is and what it isn’t.  I can look it up like anyone else and get random people who perhaps are spiritual like Ewert Cousins who say spirituality is a … Continue reading →

Susan Orlean: Queen of Twitter

Susan Orlean: Queen of Twitter The Boston author community Grub Street’s lecture series Publish it Forward recently gave us Susan Orlean who spoke about Twitter.  She currently has over 227 thousand followers on Twitter.  Susan Orlean is a New Yorker … Continue reading →

Learning the Ropes as a New Indie Author

A New Indie Author Learning the Ropes Learning the ropes as a new Indie author is not easy.  There is endless information on the web to sort through and countless people and companies offering a wide variety of services for … Continue reading →