Jan 5, 2021 | On Mindfulness, On Writing
Hindsight is 2020. I stole that great line from my son Greg Bergman, Editor-in-Chief for capitalwatch.com. This year was a nightmare, but we did learn a lot—the hard way—about our industry, ourselves, and each other. 1) Backlist matters. As terrible a year as...
Dec 1, 2020 | On Mindfulness, On Writing
This year, finding the silver lining in what often seems like an endless sky crowded with darkening clouds may be difficult, but as writers we are blessed in many ways. Just being a writer is in and of itself a blessing. Holding on to that understanding can be tough...
Nov 11, 2017 | On Mindfulness, On Writing
When after thirty-plus years of child-rearing I found myself with an empty nest, I needed something to do. Something to help me figure out who I was if I wasn’t a mom, first and foremost. Of course, I had other roles to play: agent, author, editor, significant other,...
Dec 18, 2014 | On Mindfulness
Books make the best gifts. And giving books is good reading for the receiver, good business for the industry, and good karma for the giver. I need all the good karma I can get, so I give people a lot of books. So many that when my kids inspect the presents under the...
Dec 31, 2012 | On Mindfulness
When we can meet life with an open heart, receiving becomes indistinguishable from giving and we become conduits of grace. —Mark Nepo, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen Late last year, fresh off my yoga teacher training and full of good intentions, I decided to declare...
Mar 18, 2012 | On Mindfulness
“When the Lord closes a door, somewhere He opens a window.” —Julie Andrews as Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music “Keep passing the open windows.” —John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire The Bible and the Buddha aside, sometimes I think that all you really need to...
