NOLA Needs Your Help
NOLA needs your help. Josie, Rain, and the rest of the Krewe in the NOLAverse are experiencing something wonderful.
Two Tails, Tall Tales: Nippers and Bobby Possum Say Hello
What creative mascots keep you company?
Ten Habits of a Slightly Unsuccessful Writer
Every writer has a reason for writing. And a reason for not writing. Which is yours?
Protected: A Little Lagniappe for My C3 Krewe
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A Change Has Come
Sometimes you have to get down in the muck before the clean-up can start. Leave your mark in the mud, and let others discover the greatness of you.
The Italian Penny Exchange
No, it’s not a spy movie (although I call dibs on writing that!). I gave my Italian best friend some knives. He gave me some pennies. Here’s why.
Best Autumn Movies for Writers
There’s comfort in cozy dialogue and scenes are just better when leaves fall around characters coming into their own. What movie are you thinking of? Did it make the list?
Don’t Count Your Chickens Before They’re Hatched (And Other Sayings From My Mother).
Everyone has a favorite phrase. The one they fall back on when a platitude is needed, when they need to encourage (or just speak their mind), or fill the air with more than silence.
Although my mother was the consummate introvert, many sayings have emanated from her throughout the years. Here are my favorites.
Psalm 91 says YOU are important.
Psalm 91 says YOU are important. And when God says something, it’s true.
Champagne and Supernovas
We’re bottled up tight, conforming to our surroundings only until that moment we are uncorked, set free, and sent overflowing into the world.
