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4 Key Traits of a Leader—Part 1
May 17th, 201201:04 AM ETFair. Committed. Hard-working. Respectful of people. Ready to laugh. Solid. Focused. A team player. Christlike. These are some of the key attributes of leaders that show up repeatedly in brainstorm sessions when I’ve done seminars on leadership for various publishing companies and conferences over the past nearly 30 years. But I believe the... -
Launching Dreams
March 16th, 201210:24 PM ETEver since I can remember, I've been passionate about launching others' dreams. It all started when, at 8 years old, I discovered a yellowed quote in a magazine that is still, more than four decades later, taped in tattered form above my desk: "I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do ever... -
What Good Is Poetry?
March 05th, 201212:09 AM ET"You're a poet? Whatever for?" If I had a nickel for every time someone asked me that question, I'd be a multi-millionaire. It seems the general populace doesn't have much need for poets. After all, poets are strange people who dress weird and are touted as not having much use for reality. Yet somehow, even with all the distrust against the arts, ... -
Discovering Imre
February 12th, 201211:59 PM ETWrite what you know. Haven't we heard that pronouncement since our first class assignment, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation?" Naturally, there are those who can flaunt exceptions to every rule, and plenty of great works have been written from a terrific imagination. But try to describe the taste of pistachio ice cream when you've only tasted chocola... -
Do What You Set Out to Do!
October 17th, 201112:20 PM ETMy teen years were marked by music. Lyrics and melody played to every relationship, emotion, and milestone in my life. Music was inspiring, uplifting, and at times served to commiserate my heartbreaks and plights. Like most of this age group, I listened to it every chance I got. But I had another inspiration many of my peers did not. I was an avid... -
How Pathetic Are You? Heroes & Heroines…Not.
October 03rd, 201112:29 AM ETI never, ever, ever write about myself in my novels. Even when I am the main character in a Military Aviation Adventure http://www.wingsoverkansas.com/, I don't write about myself. I'm not living vicariously through my own writing. I don't try to make myself the hero of my fiction. I'd fail miserably. This is one very important thing that many a... -
Get Inspired!?
September 26th, 201112:46 AM ETJust how do you get "good inspiration" for writing? If you want to be inspired, then write. That's it. Inspiration is enveloped in the process or writing. I see writing as cathartic. You fill up your brain with good things and out comes great writing. This means you can't write well unless you are steeped in good stuff. Your mind needs to be f... -
Giving Up Writing for Lent
April 14th, 201102:01 PM ETI've made it a practice to give up something for Lent. Most years I give up desserts because, for me, that is a supreme sacrifice. I always dread the approach of Ash Wednesday and eat as many sweets as I can before I give them up for that long, long road to Easter. One year, back in 1988, I decided to give up something equally difficult to sacrifi... -
That's a Novel Idea!
February 14th, 201109:11 AM ETI recently attended a book club where the 15 or so attendees had read my debut novel, The Last Fall (www.thelastfallbook.com). It was nice to hear the favorable reviews, the constructive criticism, and the way it touched readers in different ways. But beyond the feedback were the questions that the novel generated. One of the more interesting quest...
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