Kristin Harmel is the author of four novels, two of which will be released this month, including her first Young Adult Novel. I was fortunate recently to “chat” with author Kristin . She is incredibly kind, forthright, inspirational and has a marvelous sense of humor.
Do you have that little voice in your head? You know the one that tells you that you’re crazy for dreaming big, or even worse, for plotting a path to achieve those dreams.
Sometimes the voice sounds a lot like your co-worker. It tells you that there is no point in you going for that big […]
For Christians, Easter is early this year: March 23rd. I rarely talk religion …but the season of Lent is on my mind. Lent is the time when Catholics are penitent and traditionally forgo something pleasurable…as a reminder of suffering…and self-discipline.
First of all, I’ve never quite understood how the date of Easter is chosen. […]
I speak a lot, and my parents always referred to me as the noisy kid or the family spokesperson; I spoke for everybody. I always had an opinion about everything and I had to be consulted on all matters, which as you might guess never happened. I never realized the amount of decisions an adult […]
(Excerpt from The Sky Isn’t Visible from Here)
Brooklyn 1985
In Brooklyn, my mother and I lived with a man named Avram who taught me two sentences in Hebrew: I love you and I need five hundred dollars. His body was covered in hair as thick as wool, but his skin was slick, smoothed with baby oil. […]
We all have them, songs that seem to touch a secret place in your soul – sometimes secret even from you. They can grow and occasionally fester like an open wound, or they can fill you up, inspire you and occasionally even heal you. Sometimes they don’t even reflect your musical tastes. […]
Growing up in the late 70s and 80s there was a serious lack of female role models – particularly in Utah. Oh sure if you wanted to be a timid, naïve, gullible Mormon housewife my sheltered, religious world was awash with that type of flower-print-dress-wearing women. But that never felt right to me, […]
If you wanted to create the perfect indie/pop-rock band – in your evil rock & roll laboratory – you would need to find some highly talented musicians with vision and drive. Musicians that could create a sound that was unforgettable.
It’s January and the beginning of a new year once again. There is something about the New Year that drives us to look at our lives – both personally and professionally – and then create resolutions to help us meet new goals.
As the avid online shopped browses all the millions and millions of online handmade goods and gift shops that are out there today during the Handmade Revolution, what makes one store stand out among the rest?
Yesterday I awoke with a start, the mid-morning light streaming through the tall windows of my bedroom and the dull buzz of a Kir Royale headache echoing in my brain. Stretching my legs under the comfort of my warm duvet, I negotiated getting vertical from horizontal.
What is funny to me is the constant talk about how to eat. This diet says this, and this television show said that.
Six months ago, I decided to make one of the most radical life changes that I’d ever made—I decided to “go raw.”
Take a look in a full-length mirror. Turn slowly. What do you see?
Are you tabulating a list of your “faults” and “deficiencies” rather than admiring the things that you love about yourself? If so, you are not alone.
Liza Palmer is a “California Girl” whose 2005 debut novel “Conversations with the Fat Girl” launched Hachette Book Group’s “5 Spot” division. Her sophomore novel, Seeing Me Naked will be available January 8, 2008.
It’s the New Year, which means it’s time for new beginnings and the ever-popular New Year Resolution. This year, if you’ve decided to live more ecologically friendly, and you have an upcoming wedding, I’m writing for you!
Amy is the owner of Brownstein & Associates. Her job is to put other people in the spotlight.
Josh is a piano playing singer/songwriter with jazz in his soul and a mission - to keep helping the City of New Orleans - in his heart.
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