Books*

As a girl, I would come home from the library every week with a big stack of books. Nothing has changed, except that I’ve devoted my life’s work to books and the people who write them. Here you’ll find a curated library of my books, my clients’ works, and books I know you’ll find inspiring and useful.

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My Books

The Busy Woman’s Guide to Writing a World-Changing Book , Original Impulse, 2019
Create Your Writer’s Life: A Guide to Writing with Joy and Ease, Original Impulse, 2003, 2005, 2015
Visit Paris Like an Artist, Original Impulse, 2017
Chasing Sylvia Beach, Original Impulse, 2012 Available in Denver at The Book Bar
The Graceful Return, Original Impulse, 2009
Cross the Finish Line: Overcome the Hurdles to Completion, Original Impulse, 2008, 2017
Go For It! Leading Tours for Fun and Profit, Great Escape Publishing, 2007
Creative Toolkit for Travelers, Original Impulse 2007

Clients' Books

A Beautiful Morning: How a Morning Ritual Can Feed Your Soul and Transform Your Life by Ashley Ellington Brown
Beginnings, Endings: When Midlife Women Leave Home In Search of Authenticity by Ani Liggett
Calling the Shots by Beth Gainer
Career Coward’s Guide to Interviewing by Katy Piotroski
Celebrate!: An Interactive Journey Thru Life's Invitations by Jani McCarty
Dipping into Magic Waters by Barbara Ihde
Hunger Speaks: A Memoir Told in Poetry by Carolyn Jennings
I’d Rather Be in the Studio by Alyson Stanfield
The Magic Cookbook by Pam Porter
Practically Shameless by Alyce Barry
The Source of All Things by Tracy Ross
Tales from Weaver Pond by Laurel Becker
The Victory Letters by Cheri Ruskus

Start Writing Now

Let’s face it: there are many things that come between you and your writing time. Your day job, your family and social life. Let’s not forget the need to scour every inch of the basement before you sit down to write!

I’ve been writing for over twenty years and helping writers all along the way. We’ve learned a few tricks to manage your time, manage your projects and manage those pesky inner critics that try to stifle your brilliance.

Here you’ll find a few of my best-loved articles that have helped hundreds of writers get their groove on.

Enjoy Your Writer’s Life

If only we could go to a Greek island for a month or two and focus on our writing! Sigh…we all have those writing retreat fantasies. The truth is, our writing life needs to be juggled along with our other obligations.

It’s not easy to make time to write and feel like we have the rest of our lives handled. In this section of the Original Impulse Library, you’ll find the resources I share with my clients again and again. They’re not your ordinary ‘time management for writers’ advice.

Get Unstuck Quick

Sometimes you need a quick new insight or strategy to dive into the writing zone. More than the simplistic advice to ‘just do it’, these tried-and-true methods will get you started right away.

I’ve only included a few of the articles I’ve written on this topic, because I know how easy it is to get stuck reading advice articles. Go on, now, get that pen fired up!

Writing Is Soul Work

If writing and creating were simply a matter of time and project management, everyone would have their books written by now. As a writer’s coach since 1999, I’ve hosted hundreds of coaching calls with clients.

While everyone is different, there’s one thing I know that unites all of my clients: writing is soul work. Your mind, your body, your emotions and the deep wisdom that drives you to write despite all obstacles – all parts of you need to be on board.

These articles tackle the common challenges that arise when we sit down to write. (Oh, and I know, the minute you sit down to write, you’ll need to pop up and go do some dishes. Please don’t. The world needs your words.)