Reading and the art of happiness

As you know I have been reading a lot lately about how to make the best of yourself and life in general. Not only have I indulged myself for my own sake but I have found it very helpful with my characters. It has given me a more concrete base to explore behaviours.  Understanding what […]

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There is no strength in Comfort Zones, ask EQ

Since I decided to come out of my comfort zone and write (my personal nemesis) I am amazed at how much help is out for all challenges we may embrace.  Certainly media, the same media I whinge about every post has been significantly crucial in spreading the word that anything is possible if we are […]

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The Gorilla and the Puppy

I wonder how many people will look at my title and wonder what the heck comes next? I don’t blame you but it was hard to find a title. You see the impetus for this piece comes from a post entitled Find your Gorilla: career lessons from Sir David Attenborough  by Richard George, and the […]

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Success, what does it really mean?

The word success is coming up a lot lately.  Everywhere I turn I seem to find something to read about it.  At times I start reading about one thing and low and behold it becomes about success.  I suppose with our anthology getting close and the fact that I promised myself the novel will follow, […]

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The importance of being earnest, at least as a blogger

When I first started blogging I didn’t know just how much I was going to enjoy it although I do remember something nagging inside my brain whenever I watched Carrie on Sex in the City sit at her computer.  She may have written a column for a newspaper but in so many ways it was […]

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