Professional Development: You Learned It In Kindergarten
After graduating from college I sent out hundreds of resumes. Only a few resulted in phone calls, and fewer of those landed actual interviews. For one such interview I drove Photo by mastcharter eight hours round trip for a 45 minute meeting. It ended with, “We have two [...]
The Ramblings: Delta – Improved
Photo by jbself20 For years I loyally flew Northwest Airlines. People told me tales of their messed up, headache causing trips on NWA, but I never had those problems. NWA treated me well, and I dedicated my flier points to their program. Then came Delta. Flights cancelled. Times [...]
Book Review: Secretly Smitten (a Thomas Nelson collection)
Summer, fall, winter, spring—Smitten, Vermont, is the place for love . . . and mystery! There’s a secret in Grandma Rose’s attic—a forgotten set of dog tags belonging to her first love. But David Hutchins was killed in action and never returned to Smitten. How did the dog tags end [...]
Focus on Non-Fiction: Associations
Photo by NS Newsflash Six years ago I decided to write a novel. When I wanted to get it published I realized I had a lot of work to do, and most of that work included getting experience, specifically by-lines. I found a couple of local weekly papers [...]
Guest Post: How That Summer Came To Be by Jo Huddleston
The setting of That Summer is the Southern Appalachians of East Tennessee where my ancestors and I were raised. I’ve listened to the older generations tell their stories at family reunions about time before telephones and automobiles. Their stories fascinated me and caused me to want to write about a [...]