I know people who make a living from their writing. A couple are fiction authors; a couple are nonfiction authors; a couple are freelance writers. Right now, I am not one of those people. I want to be one of those people. My Quest to Become a Full-Time Author Actually, I plan to be oneContinue reading “How To Be A Full-Time Author”
Category Archives: The Daily Omer
What Is A Mastermind?
What a “mastermind” is not! The term “Mastermind” is so loose these days. Every little community, every little Facebook group, every gathering, big or small, is called a “Mastermind.” It’s a load of crap. It’s overused. A mastermind is not a huge gathering of people. That’s called a crowd. A mastermind is not a FacebookContinue reading “What Is A Mastermind?”
Learning the Impact of Music
What is the impact of music on our lives? This is a question I’ve been pondering lately. Here are a few thoughts, works in progress, if you will: Music with Restraint Had to talk with two of my kids about how we need to tone it down on the rap music. We can only listenContinue reading “Learning the Impact of Music”
Making Old Things New
Old you vs. current you. Along the road of life, you pick up frameworks that are helpful for a time, but then they aren’t helpful anymore. You pick up beliefs that are helpful for a time, but then they aren’t helpful anymore. You pick up behaviors that are helpful for a time, but then theyContinue reading “Making Old Things New”
Dumb Boy Stuff
Parents of teenage boys – what’s the biggest problem these days? The Dumb Boy Stuff List What’s the biggest challenge these days? I’m curious because one of my sons is entering this phase. I know what the challenges were when I was that age. Seems like from 5th grade to freshman year, boys just “do dumbContinue reading “Dumb Boy Stuff”
Friday Night Fiction (Part 2)
It all started in a no-name town. The type of town that no one has ever heard of, that no one ever comes to visit, that no one ever leaves. That kind of town. The little church in the country was quaint, just like an old story book. White, square, straight, rigid inside and out,Continue reading “Friday Night Fiction (Part 2)”
Parenting Babies
Before you become a parent, you have all kinds of judgments of other parents, don’t you? I did. When I’m a parent… Then you have a kid and all hell breaks loose. You aren’t sleeping because the baby isn’t sleeping. Some days you’re up at 4:32am some days at 7:22am, some days at 9:03am. BedtimeContinue reading “Parenting Babies”