When you’re living your art, the universe tends to send other creative souls your way… especially those who need a life-giving boost to feed their own creative souls. Me, standing by the elevator, checking out from my writing retreat. I’m floating on a high of happy, toting luggage, including my writing bag. An older woman approaches to wait for a… Read More

“Whether you think you can or think you can’t… you’re right.” -Henry Ford I used to think this was fluff and nonsense. Some hippy, dippy magical thinking sort of thing that boiled down to “Think Positive!” Which is great and all – I’m a naturally optimistic person – but that doesn’t bear much on the reality of things. (Never mind… Read More

From August 2016: I’m having a moment, being a list-buddy with my kid: (I’m in Galactic and he’s in BTS:Galaxy’s Edge) Brene Brown’s book (Gifts of Imperfection) talks a lot about the repercussions of living a life of authenticity – the risk and the rewards – but I think the thing we fear most is the impact on our children…. Read More

My response to a question from Lorna Kopp. Lorna: Susan I slowed down to blogging once/week because I wanted more time for writing… and it has helped. But, I have a question – what do you do if you’re also helping people write their stories?(I blog about what I’m learning with writing/self-publishing as well as I’ve helped a few other people… Read More