Cruises are like a sample platter in the traveling world; at least that’s how I always described them to my clients who had never cruised before. I love them because you only have to unpack/pack once, you get to explore a floating city (on the ship), and several quick day trips on the stops. I’d […]
Ramblings
A Real Life Author
If you’ve been following me for a little while, you already know that my first novel (in my name) was published nearly 2 years ago. I have since then been featured in a multi-author non-fiction book meant to inspire. What I haven’t shared is that I have not received any compensation for my novel. I […]
Traveling Type
What kind of a traveler are you? That may sound strange, but different people travel in different ways. Some people like to go camping and disappear into nature, or lounge on a beach with a cocktail. Others like to hit all the tourist spots and get tons of pictures. While others like to immerse themselves […]
Soothing to the Soul
I’ve mentioned my amazing tribe of friends/sisters a few times. But I haven’t really shared what makes them amazing. I mean, besides the whole loving, encouraging, and accepting of each other for where we are and the choices we make. Are you familiar with the Arianna Grande song about her exes where she’s sharing what […]
Recipe For Disaster
It’s time to share some demons. I can’t sit here and tell you how great everything in my life is without telling you some of the things I’ve gone through, or even still go through, that contributed to me getting to this point. At times, I indulge in alcohol. Not as much recently, but there […]
The Beginning of Nothing Special (Detroit: Part 1)
I met this one close to eight years ago. We had a mutual friend in common. He was in Vegas visiting and borrowed one of my friend’s motorcycles. Since I had just gotten my bike out of the shop, I was ecstatic to ride again. I went to my friend’s house to meet up before […]
Family Cruise
Family vacations should be all about bonding, right? Especially the first real family vacation we took together. My brother and I did it big for my mother’s 60th birthday. She’s endured a lot in her lifetime, we were both doing fairly well (him much better than I), and we wanted her to really feel loved […]
Improving My Craft
As a professional, or even enthusiast, of whatever your passion is, are you continually trying to learn, improve, grow, or take in whatever you can? As a writer, I am. I recently joined a smaller community that is concentrated on copywriters, which are the people who string together the words you see in advertisement sales […]