by James Smith, In my bedroom is a clock. It’s not digital, but it has the round face with the numbers 1 – 12 and a couple of hands that spin around it. And it ticks! We get so used to the clock that we typically don’t notice the ticking anymore. Last night I noticed [...]
If Hillary can do it…
February 7, 2012 By 2 Comments
On 29 May 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalesa Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first climbers confirmed as having reached the summit of Mount Everest. What most people don’t know is that before Hillary achieved this monumental goal, he had failed in an attempt the previous year. The story goes that after his failure in 1952, [...]
Fear Itself
January 30, 2012 By 2 Comments
One of my favorite film series is the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Tolkien crafted a wonderful story centered around an ordinary hobbit named Frodo Baggins. Frodo wasn’t the biggest, fastest, most skilled, nor most educated. He wasn’t that good with the sword nor the bow. He was given an impossible task…journey into enemy territory [...]
What is holding you back?
January 13, 2012 By 2 Comments
by Rich Nilsen, Aspiring writers, what is holding you back from meeting your goals as an author? That is not only the question of the day, it is the critical question for all writers who are simply not getting the job done. Why isn’t that manuscript you always wanted to write finished by now? Why haven’t [...]
