“Fateful detours.” This term was new to me when writing coach Roger Leslie used it in reference to his own writing path. I am well acquainted with life’s detours that take us places we never considered going. That is what happened to Leslie. “I have wanted to be a writer since I was thirteen. I had no intention of doing anything except being a wrier.” He wanted to write novels, such as those written by […]
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Meet Sandy Lawrence of Perceptive PR
People often report they never envisioned they’d be doing the kind of work they are doing today. Houston area Publicist Sandy Lawrence is a case in point. When she retired from her full time employment with Compaq she started PerceptivePR. Compaq was the perfect training ground to launch a PR firm of her own. There she was responsible for marketing, public relations, and corporate communications. She helped shape the corporate image and reviewed all public […]
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Meet Nancy Camden of Camden Web Marketing
Many of us who were around to experience the first landing on the Moon needed a bit of coaxing to join the computer revolution. Website designer and manager Nancy Camden of Camden Web Marketing, was no exception. She reports she got started while searching for the perfect Christmas gift for her then thirteen-year-old son. “A friend suggested we get him a computer. I was skeptical. My son was thrilled. He told me, ‘Mom, you’re going […]
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Three-Legged Writing Stool
As a teenager I fanticized about what a writing life might be like. I imagined spending my days writing beautiful prose and gazing out the window at the horses I was sure I’d someday have. I have since written thousands of pages of prose. Whether it is beautiful or not is for others to judge. I don’t see horses outside the window, but the colorful birds I see are an adequate diversion from the computer […]
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Armchair Care for Creation
The official Earth Day was last Sunday. More than ever, creation calls us to to make every day Earth Day. Small changes yield big results. If enough of us adjust our ways just a little, we can make a huge, positive difference for the natural creation that sustains all life on Earth. We can make small changes in what we buy, taking into consideration how it was made, where it was made, how it is packaged, […]
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