Thoughts on writing and life for August 2023

Just a few thoughts on why it’s important to pay attention when Opportunity knocks and then decide how to handle the summons.

This is an edited excerpt from my August 2023 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast.

We’ve all heard the saying “Opportunity knocks but once” which tells us to take advantage of those serendipitous events that occur in our lives.

I want to take it a bit further, though, and point out that the only ...