• SO YOU WANT TO BE A WRITER?

    It has been almost 9 years since I published THE TRUTH ABOUT VASHTAI and I have learned quite a bit about writing, publishing and making money. The one lesson I have learned: I have to keep my day job! People often come to me for advice about writing. I used to tell them to just write and when you are…

  • LOOK INTO MY EYES

    NETTIE-OLOGY: Look me in the eyes!   The ability to properly communicate is an endangered behavior. In recent times I began receiving an increasing number of text messages that warranted telephone calls and, though not as many, telephone calls that should have been face to face conversation. Think about this, when communicating via text message or social media, CAPITAL LETTERS IS…

  • NETTIE-OLOGY: THE HEART OF NETTIE

    NETTIE-OLOGY: : THE HEART OF NETTIE- I WRITE I have allowed people to dictate my time and influence my thinking that ends today. I am not the entertainment committee- don’t just drop by. My kitchen is not self-serve; when you do stop by uninvited don’t expect me to offer you anything. If I want your opinion I will ask for…

  • LEGACY

      NETTIE-ISM: It is not what you leave your daughters but what you are giving them while you are living that is important.   Every time I eat a sweet potato pie I remember when my grandmother made them, I also remember when my mother realized her mind had gone and could not make them anymore. At some point my…

  • A WRITERS’ JOURNEY

    This has been an unbelievably stressful year! I began it editing FAMILY LEGACY (working title), blogging on my site NETTIE-OLOGY and making YOUTUBE VIDEOS consistently and then my computer crashed. After a few months of woe is me I got my computer fixed and continued editing, blogging and making YouTube videos. AND THEN I got an idea for another book,…