The People Who Lifted Me Up
I haven’t been very active on here, mainly because I’ve been wrapped up in publishing my memoir, Can You Hear the Music? Following my last blog post, “In the Trenches,” I abruptly switched gears and decided to self-publish. My book launches Nov. 30, and the product is the absolute highest quality book I could have…
In the Trenches: Reflections on Querying
I don’t know if I will make it through to the end of traditional publishing. For now, I’m patiently waiting it out. And while I wait for those rejections to roll in, I figured I’d share some thoughts on the process.
What I’m reading: “Soul of a Professor”
Published in 2022, “Soul of a Professor” documents Lisa Pruitt’s journey from childhood trauma through her time as an engineering professor at the University of California-Berkeley, one of the top engineering schools in the country. Her deep-seated feelings of inadequacy led her to develop an eating disorder and alcoholism at a very young age, and…
Rethinking Social Media
Over the past fifteen years, I have built a large network of friends and family on Facebook. I have shared memories with them, both good and bad, and Facebook gave me the opportunity to reconnect with people I hadn’t seen in decades. A few years ago, I joined Twitter too and found it to be…
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