The last week has been about organizing and delegating work so I could more effectively focus on the larger picture items in expanding both In The Know Traveler and Travel. Write. Live. I am fortunate to have several editors helping me catch up with the mundane overload of submissions. I am grateful for the consistent response, but...
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ITKT may have several new bloggers coming on board, an associate editor, and a million small bits to be worked on under the hood. With so much going on, I just assume take a nap. Unfortunately that is not how it works. The show must go on – I would have it no other way.
My list of my most inspirational books continues with the...
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I rarely think about upcoming milestones. I forget birthdays, birthday cards and holidays. I am not good at planning ahead. However, once I noticed that I had 92 posts under my belt, I tried to plan a few goal as Travel. Write Live. approached 100 posts.
I did not shoot for the stars, but I wanted to say thank you to the people who...
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As I close in on to my 100th blog post, I have thought a lot about writing and inspiration, and where do all those blog posts come from when so much of my time is spent doing so many un-inspirational tasks: paying bills, doing dishes, eating a microwave burrito, stuck in Los Angeles traffic and trying to get more sleep.
Fortunately,...
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Yesterday, I sat with a dozen other travel writers, in a hip Melrose eatery, as we introduced ourselves, one by one, to share our credentials and current projects during a media lunch hosted by the San Juan Marriott (I mention them because I am a fan of San Juan, Puerto Rico and the Marriott.
As the chatter went around the room, the...
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A few days ago, I wrote about the noble art of “Creating Space” as suggested by Chick Corea, famed Jazz keyboardist. Since then, I have been thinking about some of the distractions, time-wasters, vanilla, uninspired, creativity drains, focus killers, which not only take up space but destroy creativity and build writer’s...
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