What’s keeping you stuck in F.E.A.R. (False Evidence Appearing Real) Mode? What is it that you don’t want anyone else to know about you, so you’re hunkered down, hiding in plain sight? You weren’t born to blend in. You were born to stand out. Why aren’t you? False modesty? Your upbringing and conditioning? Something in…

When I was 32, I did something that made my father immensely proud. Spontaneously, he proclaimed “That’s my boy!” Several subcontractors were within earshot, but probably not paying attention because he was talking to me—his middle daughter (he had no sons)—and they were busy doing what subcontractors do. Immediately, Dad realized what he had said…

The audio version of DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal–designed to be played on large-capacity (500 MG and larger) iPods and on iTunes–is narrated by me and features an exclusive end piece that contains more than 15 minutes of voicemail messages from Carolyn and DeForest Kelley. Format Details: M4B is a file extension for an MPEG-4 part 14 audio…

DeForest Kelley Up Close and Personal: A Harvest of Memories from the Fan Who Knew Him Best If not for a question I couldn’t answer back in 2000, this book probably would never have been written. When DeForest Kelley’s biographer Terry Lee Rioux asked me, “How did you go from being a fan—on the outermost…

Serval Son “I’ve just read the manuscript of SERVAL SON: Spots and Stripes Forever by Kristine M Smith. If someone in Hollywood doesn’t option this story to make a movie of it, they’re asleep at the switch in Tinsel Town. In my opinion, SERVAL SON ranks right up there with Marley and Me…” – Stephanie…

Settle For Best: Satisfy the Winner You Were Born to Be Settle for Best lists the common mindsets and actions of renowned philanthropist millionaires from the early 20th century and encourages readers to develop and rely on the skills and mindsets that successful people still use to win big, no matter what shape the economy…

Let No Day Dawn that the Animals Cannot Share ‘Let No Day Dawn that the Animals Cannot Share’ spotlights humankind’s deeply-rooted emotional, cultural, ethical and spiritual bonds to the animal kingdom, wild and domestic, and identifies areas where we’ve fallen short of our stewardship duties for scores of precious and irreplaceable fellow creatures. The author…

Floating Around Hollywood and Other Totally-True Tales of Triumph I worked steadily in Hollywood from 1989 to 2003 as a writers’ and producers’ assistant, switchboard operator, casting receptionist, executive secretary, hardware lease administrator, newsletter writer and website wordsmith, often while “floating”–serving as a temporary secretary or assistant in Production and Administration. While I hardly set Hollywood…