4 Ways to Recognize and Deal with People’s Difficult “Shadowed” Behavior and Personality.

We all have experienced difficult people professionally and personally. Recently, I experienced a difficult person who I thought of as a Meevillian. Meevillain is the  Princess of the Forest of Fear in my Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift, which is the children’s fairy tale version of What Color Is Your Brain?®. Meevillain is the “shadowed” side…

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Story Characters Make Revisions Fun

I just looked at my blog posts and realized that I have not written a post in 3 weeks. Yes, I have been “MIW”, Missing in Writing, again. I have been focused on “Yellow Brain Revision Deadlines” for the Dedication, Foreword, Table of Contents and the the new Introduction for the 2nd edition of Princess…

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Brain Color Children’s Book

My “Orange Brain” is excited to announce…Princess Shayna Returns! 2nd edition copies of Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift will be available in September 2011! This “Family Fairy Tale” is the children’s version of What Color Is Your Brain? Check out my announcement that I just posted to my newsletter list on Twitter, LinkedIn and my…

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Colorful Garden Photography

This morning, I attended an engaging and educational garden photography class at my favorite garden store, Hawthorn Gardens, in Hawthorn Woods, Illinois. The class was offered by photographer Lou Nettelhorst, owner of CloseupPhotographs, Inc. Lou also offers classes at College of Lake County, located in Grayslake, Illinois and in Sister Bay,Wisconsin (Door County) in the spring and fall.  The…

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Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift

  My first book, Princess Shayna’s Invisible Visible Gift, is a family fairy tale about a princess and her “Vision Quest.” Her mission to teach the four different Brain Color villagers to understand and respect themselves and others—must be successfully completed to prove that someday she can become Queen. The story is written for children…

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