I recently met with an author friend whose name I shall withhold for privacy’s sake. Suffice it to say this person is one of today’s biggest name writers, with so many titles published they took up a both walls of a long hallway, the shelves of which climbed from floor to ceiling. During my visit, […]
“I DON’T BELIEVE IN A NO WIN SCENARIO.”
Remember who said that? That’s right, one of my childhood heroes Captain James T. Kirk, of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek. I bring this up today because I’m reminded of one of the most important qualities a successful writer (or any other kind of person) must have…
One of the life-defining compliments came to me in junior high school, when I participated in the weight-lifting club afterschool. At less than 100 lbs and less than 5 feet tall (I was a late bloomer,) I was one of the smallest kids there. But I what I lacked in physical stature, I made of for in determination. One day, I was trying to bench close to 100 lbs…