Big Ideas: Why a Children’s BOOK?

Big ideas: Why a children’s BOOK? In this post, I’m emphasizing the question of why create a BOOK? When you have an idea about something you want to tell children, you have many options for communicating that information or story. You could create a video, have a conversation with your grandchild, write a magazine piece, […]

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  • May 10, 2019

How to Write a Book Proposal: The Secret to Getting Published

I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say: Entrepreneurs and business visionaries tend to have incredible ideas for potentially best-selling books… but most of those insights don’t make it to bookstore shelves. So, why is that? And what can you do to make sure your book idea comes to fruition? Here’s the deal: The […]

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  • May 9, 2019

Dad hilariously attempts to do a backflip into a pool

That’s one small step for dad, one giant leap for viral content.  Twitter user @Taymonnnzzz made quite the splash with this priceless video of her (allegedly) intoxicated dad attempting to do a backflip into the pool.  SEE ALSO: The viral videos that helped me survive high school bullying After stating that he “should’ve been in […]

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  • May 9, 2019
  • NEWS

Word’s new AI editor will improve your writing

If you write in Microsoft Word Online, you’ll soon have an AI-powered editor at your side. As the company announced today, Word will soon get a new feature called “Ideas” that will offer writers all kinds of help with their documents. If writing is a struggle for you, the most important feature of Ideas is […]

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  • May 8, 2019

Communicating with Poetry: The Search for Deeper Meaning

How to communicate using poetry. The search for deeper meaning in a poem implies that it might contain a hidden message. But poetry is not coded messaging; it’s artful communication. It’s more useful to ask what a poem communicates than to ask what it secretly means. Some poems are straightforward; there’s no interpretation to be […]

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  • May 6, 2019

How Words Build and Strengthen Your Brain Over Your Life

Words help build and maintain a healthy brain throughout a person’s life. Beginning at birth, words aid the development of a baby’s brain. As a brain grows, writing and reading help a brain mature to function optimally. And in the later years, reading words is a proven way to exercise an aging brain and help […]

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  • May 5, 2019