Tech Review: Even Kelsey Grammer Needs to Double Check His Grammar
Are grammar checkers needed for writers? Spell checkers are great and all for catching any spelling errors or that you left the apostrophes out, but it may not have noticed during the fifth proof reading of your document (I personally…
Thinking Marketing? Think Again
Marketing, and success and how fast you can do it is the type of thinking that will have most people finding themselves in trouble. Part of it comes from how they see themselves: they will see themselves as a writer…
Book Review: The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins
Girl on the Train has more power because of the writing. Since I had been reading so much non-fiction I thought I would read a fiction book next. I wanted something that was enticing, that would grab me from the…
Tech Review: There’s a Yeti Sitting on my Desk!
Recently my wife brought home a Yeti. If you’re thinking the Yeti I’m referring to is just like the main character from Harry and the Hendersons, one of my favourite movies that my father took me to theaters to see when…
Book Review: Wild by Cheryl Strayed
I’ve been on a non-fiction kick for the last few book reviews. This is no exception. Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, by Cheryl Strayed, awakened something in me that has been dormant for a long time.…
Words Carry Wisdom
Music is a much a part of my life as writing is. I’d be lost without both, and the best part of my day is sitting back and just listening to music. What started as a moment to relax became…
Minecraft + iPad Helps my Special Needs Son
My 6 year old son sure has come a long way over the last couple of years- with a lot of help and some technology. He was almost born on Halloween night back in 2008, but a grueling 17 hour labor…
Book Review: An Invisible Thread By Laura Schroff and Alex Tresniowski
In the last few posts I have read and reviewed: the plight of women in Ascent of Women by Sally Armstrong, I tried to organize the chaos that is my desk with The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie…