: About Me

My passion is to empower writers to use technology to write and promote better, faster, and easier.

My education trained me to be a behavioral psychologist (more commonly know as a rat runner). I had a long and varied career working with computers (and people) in Information Technology.

I founded the Computer Support Department at a local college, for which my education prepared me well. (However, you just can't use a clicker on people. You have to be more subtle.)

Later I developed a college course in computer user support which I taught in the classroom and later taught as distance learning over the web.

All through my college and IT years I continued an ongoing love affair with writing. After days of writing newsletters, memos, and user documentation, I worked most of the nights creating worlds populated only by my characters. If one of my employees caused me problems, in my fiction I could fire him without any problems from pesky labor boards or unions.

I belonged to several writer's groups and helped lead my fellow writers into the world of technology by speaking at local, national, and international meetings and conventions. I talked about the latest invention to help writers with their writing and their careers.

I still receive calls from panicked writers all over the world whose printers won't print, computers won't compute, and chat programs won't chat.

When I left the corporate world, I decided to devote my time and energy to empowering writers to use technology to write and promote faster, better, and easier. This allows me to fulfill my mission of helping others while allowing me to play with (uh..I mean..test) the latest technology.

My passion is ...

life

I know too much about ...

Is it really possible to know too much about anything?

My parents always told me ...

You can be anything you want to be.

My childhood ambition ...

To work with animals (guess my years in computer user support qualifies)

My favorite memory ...

My second wedding on the beach in our little coastal village.

Why I write ...

I have to write. I can't not write.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

The whirring of my laptop. Hope it doesn't need a new hard drive.

My first job ...

Cutting apart computer wafers to separate the chips.

My best moment ...

When I'm surrounded by nature.

My inspiration ...

Life happening around me.

Personal Finance > Financial Planning How to cultivate your money consciousness

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Most of us don't pay close attention to our spending until we realize that we've overspent or until the bills come in reminding us of our expenditures. We need to cultivate a healthy consciousness about money to allow us to spend our money where we really want to and not on the newest, shiniest thing we see. Here are a few ways to develop a useful consciousness where money is concerned. Keep track of your spending Use a small notebook to track your spending for a week or a month. Record every penny you spend. This keeps you from spending money out of habit without thinking about what you a...

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