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Ten tips to ensure that your time out isn’t forever. Every writer hits a wall. The difference between a productive pause and a permanent stall usually isn’t willpower — it’s [...]

A good story is one that connects emotionally, engages the audience, and leaves a lasting impression — whether it’s told in a book, a podcast, a film, or around a dinner table. While styles [...]

What’s the secret to selling in person? It’s really quite simple: engagement. Remember, every point of contact is a point of sale. You might not sell a book with every point of [...]

I hesitated to write a newsletter this month. It’s hard to write upbeat things about the writing process when the city you live in is burning at its edges, and thousands of people have been [...]

Have you heard of Women’s Christmas? It’s an ancient Irish tradition called – in irish – Nollaig na mBan (pronounced Null-ug na Mon. Say it three times and you’ll be grand). Back in [...]

I once heard that Jesuit priests are encouraged to question their faith constantly, to be sure they’re fully in touch with God, and committed to their mission. When I first heard about this [...]

“I blame it all on one photograph I took on Printers Row in Chicago in 2001. It was of a newsstand where someone had scrawled: “Quit your job please follow your dream” in shoe [...]