Cathy Heller has written a must-read book if you’re looking to turn your passion project into a full-time endeavor. Don’t Keep Your Day Job starts off as what you would expect: Filled with motivational stories.
A Winter's Tale of Comfort and Joy (A Cinderella's Secret Witch Diaries Short Story)
Cinderella grabbed her coat and hurried toward the door. She turned away to hide the tears in her eyes.
“Mom, do you need some help in bringing in some wood?” Her daughter Phoebe had her feet propped up on a chair right up close to the fireplace. The fire crackled, and a spark shot out to the right of her foot. She put her book down and glanced back over her shoulder.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood Film Review
Somehow I convinced my teenager son to come with his sister and his mother to see A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood. He didn’t want to come see it, but when the movie ended he stood up crying and requested that we all give each other a family hug. We did that in the theater, the four of us, reaching arms out around each other. That is the power of this movie.
You Are Awesome: How To Navigate Change, Wrestle With Failure, and Live An Intentional Life (Book Review)
Every once in a while, I read a book and am whisked away by how good it is. Normally, a fiction author can transport me to another world, another place. But Neil Pasricha's new book, You Are Awesome: 9 Secrets to Getting Stronger and Living an Intentional Life, rises above other self-care books most helpfully.
Toynbee's Gate: Free Short Story
Looking for a free sci-fi short story? Here’s my story Toynbee’s Gate. I hope you enjoy it!
I would not give up. I refused to allow Cardinal Giacomo to intimidate me with his piercing stare and deep, booming voice. To help me focus, I had declined a chair and knelt before the Cardinal’s desk on the marble floor, clenching my rosary beads in my folded hands. The metal crucifix, jabbed into my palm, heightened my discomfort, but I would not break. For my brother’s sake, I couldn’t.
Should You Give Up as a Writer?
The sensible thing to do would be to give up. Stop writing, realize that I've given it the good old college try and move on to something else.
I'd gain a lot of time back in my life, could focus on other priorities and that would be that.
But I won't. I really can't.
I just don't want to give up writing books.