VOTE for your favorite JULY 2014 “My Gutsy Story®” ON THE RIGHT SIDEBAR. You have from now until August 13th to vote on the sidebar, (only one vote per person) and the winner will be announced on August 14th, and will select a prize from our generous sponsors. Our 1st “My Gutsy Story®” is by Patrice Garrett “Finding Heaven." SONIA Continue Reading
Archives for July 2014
Time to Bring Family Secrets and Stories to Light
Perilous Footing on the Path Home “My Gutsy Story®” by Rita Gardner The old ferry boat was ready to board. It lurched on frayed ropes each time a wave shoved the dilapidated vessel close enough for another passenger to be hauled aboard. I asked myself for the hundredth time if I was just plain crazy. An old woman covered in a black shawl Continue Reading
How Do You Define Success?
As some of you may know, I wrote a controversial article "Do Authors Make Money? Here's the Truth." In this post I mentioned looking for a job to supplement my indie-publishing endeavors. Some people seemed shocked as they believed I was hitting it big. Well, since then, I've spoken to many entrepreneurs and concluded that most Continue Reading
A Life Changing Moment–Java Davis
Gas Station “My Gutsy Story®” by Java Davis I spent the summer before senior year of college working as a gas station attendant in Lodi, NJ. I was 21. When I think of that summer, I can only recall hot, sunny days, and bright, well-tended flowers in the beds around the station. In the beginning of the summer, I couldn’t lift the hood of a Continue Reading
Trust, Intuition, Listen, Become Gutsy and Change
There are certain times in life when you are ready to make a change. It doesn't matter what that change is, but in order to make that change, you need to: "Stop hanging onto something that keeps you in your comfort zone." --Larry Jacobson Are you ready for a CHANGE? Are you scared? Can you visualize what that change would Continue Reading