Reflections
Just a Hunch ….Something’s Coming!
Sometimes I get a hunch–an intuitive feeling of certainty about something–and I’m getting it now. I put out an intention to the universe (and in this blog, and in a few emails to supremely happy past and current clients) that I want to land another client or two who wants to use me up…
Read MoreIs it Sinful to LOVE Work This Much?
Sometimes it feels deliciously sinful to sit here, dancing with words for an hour or so, and then getting paid handsomely for the time I spend doing it (along the lines of $100/hour). But then I remember the piles of money that my clients are making, day in and day out 24/7/365 with the…
Read MoreI’m INFJ An Advocate: Myers-Briggs Personality Test
Every few years I take an online Myers-Briggs test to see if anything has changed. Nope. I remain an INFJ, an exceedingly rare “Advocate”. https://www.16personalities.com/infj-personality I’ve taken the DISC Personality Insights test twice and come up slightly different each time. The first time, I was a life-long career employee; the second time,…
Read MoreUpwork Anecdote
Ever since I finally “named it and claimed it”–“it” being that Upwork has earned the pejorative nickname “Upchuck”–I have been raking in the bucks on the platform. When I got this new computer (new to me–thank you again to Chris Bailey!), I put my usual sites in the tab bar across the top, for…
Read MoreWhat are Writers’ Dreams Like?
I wonder what other writers’ dreams are like. The ones I can remember of my own are nearly always long conversations or discussions–frequently they’re on topics that could turn into angry arguments, but in my dreams they never do. In my dreams, everybody listens. True, I do most of the talking in them, carefully…
Read MoreHappy Birthday to Me: The Day After
Spent a quiet day on my birthday yesterday. It was heaven… Except for a fun noon outing to have lunch with my BFF, Lisa, I spent the day reading, napping and basking in the afterglow of Friday’s delightful experience with Karl Urban. My favorite client of all time surprised me with a $100…
Read MoreConvention Afterglow
Back in the day when I was attending conventions that featured DeForest Kelley, the days afterward were like the days after Christmas when I was a kid: the packages had all been opened, there were no more impending surprises, and so there was a sort of letdown after a great deal of excitement. I…
Read MoreMeeting Karl Urban
Lisa and I drove to the Emerald City Comic Con this afternoon on a mission to meet and present Karl Urban with one of De’s scarves. I was given a heads up (“You’re all set!”) by the Talent Coordinator, Todd Jones, just yesterday after sending him an email about my background as De’s personal assistant…
Read MoreLisa Twining Taylor Launches Her OWN Website!!! And It’s FABULOUS!
Drum roll, please! Lisa Twining Taylor has done it! You know the story about the mechanic who’s car doesn’t run very well (if at all) … …and the story about the cobbler who’s children go barefoot because papa is always so busy putting shoes on other people and their children…. Yeah… These…
Read MoreList of Recent Books I’ve Read–and My Recommendations
As most of you know, I’m a reading fool–especially during the winter months when being outside isn’t all that much fun. (I’m a spring/summer/fall enthusiast; winter is the season I do my best just to get through, like a bear.) Whenever I’m not writing, I’m reading. (OK, that’s an exaggeration; I also sleep, take…
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