Responding to Criticism Part II

If this is your first visit to my site, I would recommend you go back to the previous post titled, Responding to Criticism, so you will have a full grasp of this follow-up. OK–so after responding (via email) to Wendy’s criticism of my latest book,...

Responding to Criticism

Have you ever been criticized for something you did—or someone thought you did?  How did you respond?  When someone offers you unsolicited criticism, you can choose to either ignore or acknowledge.   Recently, I received some unsolicited criticism from a...

How to Create a Card Game

The idea for my new card game, Don’t Ask, came during an evening of socializing with some girlfriends. To be perfectly honest, creating a product wasn’t something I had ever considered—but the more we talked about my new book, Don’t Ask and I...

Baby Boomer Women and Media Lies

“Advertising is legalized lying.” H. G. Wells Hollywood movies rarely feature women over forty, and the older women we do see represented in the media, from movie stars to news anchors and even politicians, look much younger, thanks to plastic surgery. As...

To Lie or Not to Lie

“Beware of the half truth.  You may have gotten hold of the wrong half.”  ~Author Unknown   Every week I am going to pose a question to solicit your HONEST response.  Please take as much writing space as needed in order to justify your answer.  Also feel...