Hear, their and ever we where

by | Nov 23, 2014 | Blog, Writing

I hear their voices ever clearer when we go to where the coffee flows and music plays low and the rent is high, but it tastes good. I danced when my Starbucks Gold Card arrived in the mail. Yes, it meant that I had spent enough money on Chai Teas and Skinny Vanilla...

Halfway to the finish line

by | Nov 16, 2014 | Blog, Writing

I’m doing NaNoWriMo. Sixty-percent of it anyway. That’s my goal and I’m halfway there. November is National Novel Writing Month and half a million writers worldwide are pushing the pen toward achieving 50,000 words each by month’s end. Literally. Figuratively,...

10 takeaways from writers who made it

by | Jul 24, 2014 | Blog, Writing

In the same room with YA authors Veronica Roth & Margaret Stohl My daughter Grace had read Veronica Roth’s first book, Divergent, in junior high and talked about it so much that I read it before she loaned it to Emmali, her college freshman sister. When I...

The Brain, the Heart and the Dreamer

by | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog, Writing

The Brain:  It’s not logical! The Heart:  But she really wants it! The Brain:  Think this through; it’s nearly impossible! The Heart:  What if she’s willing to work really hard at it? The Brain:  The odds are stacked against her. The Heart:  Look,...

The Chai Don’t Lie

by | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog, Writing

When life gives you a front row parking spot at Starbucks, take it and order a chai latte, to stay. Whip out your iPad and keyboard and expect creativity to flow while Cindy Lauper serenades the cafe. Finding me here in this place where I first appeared two months ago...

Addicted

by | Aug 5, 2013 | Blog, Featured, Published, Writing

(Probably one of my favorite essays ever, I wrote this for a competition and proudly won the big prize of getting paid to be published in Writer’s Digest magazine, July 2003. The cover of this issue is pictured here.) My name is Lisa and I am a user… of words. I was a...