After a wonderful week on the Gulf Coast of Florida, and Key West, Duke and I are packing our bags and driving through the Everglades to Ft. Lauderdale. We leave for California this morning where our three sons will be celebrating Thanksgiving with us. A delicious Thanksgiving meal, from Lucille's BBQ will be picked up by my Continue Reading
Archives for 2013
How I Turned Tragedy into Triumph by Janet Simcic
Overcoming My Fear of Pink “My Gutsy Story®” by Janet Simcic Autumn! It evokes warm memories for me growing up on the east coast. Leaves change from green to crimson and bright yellow, delicious air brisk in my nostrils. My perennial October joy ended abruptly in 1993 when I became that one out of seven women diagnosed with Continue Reading
5 Questions You Must Answer Before You Write Your Book
There are five basic questions writers need to ask prior to starting a manuscript. I believe these will save time and help you structure your memoir, or novel. Manuscript consultant, Dale Griffiths Stamos, mentioned these five questions during her recent presentation at the CWC-Long Beach. "What's Your Story? The 5 Essential Questions of Good Continue Reading
To Live Life, I Cannot Fear Change by Boyd Lemon
Winter At age sixty-six, I had lived my whole life in California, most of it on the coast, where the difference between summer and winter is about ten degrees. Some might consider such a climate ideal, and I suppose it is, but I yearned to experience the four seasons. I decided, if not now, when? I sold my house and sold, gave away or stored Continue Reading
Congratulations to Cappy Hall Rearick Winner of October 2013 My Gutsy Story®
I am thrilled to announce Cappy Hall Rearick as the winner of the October 2013, “My Gutsy Story®” Anthology series. You certainly had many fans commenting. Well done. Her story, told with such honesty, is about abandoning her children and how her lifeboat was filled with guilt. The ending is heart-warming. In second place we have Continue Reading