Making A New Start – My Turning Point
This is my first blog post in 18 months. I stopped blogging because I wanted to spend more time writing and it worked out. In this time, I copy edited “Don’t Hang Up!” and had it professionally copy...
View ArticleBetter Late Than Early – Guest Post by Elle Newmark
The issue of my age came up shortly after Simon and Schuster bought my novel, The Book of Unholy Mischief. After I sent my agent an overly-excited email, she asked, “How old are you?’ OMG, should I...
View ArticleIncident on the San Diego-Tijuana Border
(This is a true story, excerpted from my book,Don’t Hang Up!) The border shuttle bus from the U.S. is crammed with Mexican housekeepers, schoolchildren, and construction workers exuding the odors of...
View ArticleFired? Go Out with A Roar
“You’re fired” may not be politically correct these days (except for Donald Trump on The Apprentice). Terminating someone’s services has become more like a skill, or even a job. Seems there’s a demand...
View ArticleWhat A Slip!
(Part 4 in my “Don’t Hang Up!” series) Blame it on my red pantyhose. Since leaving work, I’d sworn never to wear them again. Not until I bought an expensive red evening dress and high-heeled red shoes,...
View ArticleAnother Turning Point…Another New Start
C.J. Travis’s guest post is another “Don’t Hang Up!” story about overcoming career loss, reinvention, turning points and making new starts. “My story, like so many others, has numerous turning points....
View ArticleMy Memories of Downtown San Diego
“Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” John Lennon For me, another “Don’t hang up!” time. What’s hardest about my upcoming move is leaving the neighborhood where I’ve lived...
View ArticleFired at Fifty
“I am still in shock and awe at being fired.” Peter Arnett (This is a repost of, “Fired! Going Out with A Roar,” partly excerpted from my book, “Don’t Hang Up!”) “You’re fired” may not be politically...
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