Tartan gone wild

How do you not like writing about guys wearing kilts to clean windows? That’s the idea behind Men In Kilts. Founder Nicholas Brand takes me through the genesis of this franchising company. Today’s Game Plan: Yes, Those Are ‘Men In...

Oh, Erica

Last weekend I received an email from a friend telling me author Erica Kennedy had died. What? What? What? My relationship with Erica, age 42, was professional with a plus. Hers is the first testimonial on this website (from about 2004), written when her first novel,...

What life coaching isn’t

Last week I wrote a column debating the idea of pursuing your passion vs. pursuing your effort (both can pay off swimmingly) and I got some interesting feedback. Among the discussion points I noticed that a lot of people still have the impression life coaches are just...

Beginning with the end

Admittedly a little taken aback when author Joyce Carol Oates read the last chapter of her new novel, Mudwoman, at a recent reading by the Center for Fiction, it got me thinking (doesn’t everything?). Richard Ford had just read the first chapter of Canada, his...

A dose of ahhhhhhhhhh

What an inspiring way to start my day. Check out my friend Erin’s blog post on doing the Mud Run at Camp Pendleton. Just fabulous. Her blog, The Half Full Glass, is always fresh and uplifting. Since we live on opposite coasts, each time I read it is like a...