Powder Magazine, Getting Close and Personal

(Associate Editor of Powder Magazine, Mike Rogge, with his nephew. Photo Credit: Matt Stauble) My title is “blogger” but I consider myself a writer and feeling the need to connect with other writers, I contacted Mike Rogge, Associate Editor of Powder Magazine, for an interview. Mike gives a...

Multi Tasking

I have been missing my children even though I see them every day. They want me to make money but do not like it when I am holed up in my office writing. They want their mommy back and I need them as well. I have watched them become needy, sullen and more mischievous because they are not getting my full...

Looking Like Princess Leah

My children’s book is finished and I now have immersed myself into Publishing hell. I am so unequipped to handle this launch. As I walk down the street like the Pied Piper, with five captivated children listening to my story, I wonder how I am ever going to achieve turning it into a published book. ...

How To Answer The Question What Do You Do?

I am always frozen when people ask me what I do for a living. My immediate reaction is to tell them about how adept I was in procuring outrageously fun jobs during my single days. I was a professional interviewee and could sell myself to anybody. Sadly acknowledging that I must no longer live in the past,...