It’s time to vote for your favorite one of four “My Gutsy Story®” submissions. You have from now until December 11th to vote on the sidebar, (only one vote per person) and the winner will be announced on December 12th, and will select a prize from our list of sponsors. Our first story is by Lola De Maci, and how she got her degree after 30 Continue Reading
Archives for November 2013
Hope You Have a Gutsy Thanksgiving
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
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
