Publishing Strategies Examined in Redwood Coast Review article by Daniel Barth, “Staying Afloat: The poor devil author in the 21st century”…”Sightlines” author Riehl interviewed along with Bruce Patterson & Hal Zina Bennett

Click here to read Redwood Coast Review’s lead article by Daniel Barth, “Staying Afloat: The poor devil author in the 21st century,” online in pdf form.
Daniel Barth’s article is well-researched and chockfull of information about Big Picture Publishing and how three authors in his region, Northern California, have responded in three distinctive ways to [...]

“Change Therapy” hosts progressive dinner party-style blog carnival…Riehlife helps Isabella Mori pass the appetizers.

If you like blog carnivals, you’ll love visiting Isabella Mori’s “Change Therapy” site where she’s serving the appetizers for a progressive dinnerparty-style Soup to Nuts blog carnival.
One of my blog postings on my father’s longevity and youthful outlook secrets is one of the appetizer dishes she is serving up. I think you’ll find this [...]

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS takes on new sheen as middleschool thespians perform challenging work in Kirkwood, Missouri—story by Tayé Foster Bradshaw

I first encountered the word of the talented and entertaining Antona Smith (writing under the name Tayé Foster Bradshaw) at the St. Louis Writers Guild Wired Coffee Open Mic. When Antona told me about her youngest son and middle child Joshua’s choir performances, I asked her to share this work with you. Check out Antona’s [...]

Ecology Tip of the Day: Eliminate unwanted catalogs, simplify your life, save natural resources at Catalog Choice.org

While setting up my apartment in the Central West End in St. Louis after my move from Northern California, I ordered some furniture over the web. The company apparently sold my contact information to all the catalog companies in the world, and suddenly, my mailbox was beseiged by unsolicited mail from eager merchants.
If you, [...]

Thus sayeth the Buddha

“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
—The Buddha (historically, Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, the founder of Buddhism, 563-483 B.C.)

Clinton-Obama Spat provokes “1789 contribution campaign,” Alan Brody makes call to action after Clintons ignite a political brawl, reflecting on damage to Party and Country, and worrying over how another Clinton presidency might use extraordinary powers Bush has gathered in the White House. Brody calls for 1 million $17.89 donations to Obama (in honor of Constitution’s adoption date) to send a message to political attack dogs Republican and Democratic alike: “We want a new politics, and a President who will return to our Government civility, the rule the of law, and the integrity of our Constitution.”

It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of [...]

Aaron Belz’ brand new poem “Swan Song”

Among just one of my pleasures at the St. Louis Writers Guild Loud Mouth Open Mic last week, was meeting Aaron Belz and becoming introduced to his “gravely hilarious” poems, as Denise Duhamel describes them. I bought a copy of “The Bird Hoverer” spent some enjoyable time with his hovering birds over several afternoons.
Aaron Belz [...]

Creativity Practice Essay by Walter Hawn: “It Ain’t Practice Unless It’s Work”

Walter Hawn is an award-winning writer, former broadcast newsman, and a photographer practicing in Wyoming which he calls “the last best place in the world.” You can find more of his work of capturing Western light through photography at www.walterhawn.com. I met Walter through an Eric Maisel creativity support group, and am continually enchanted [...]

“The Bucket List” an entertaining education in living and dying

The Bucket List, starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson, directed by Rob Reiner, written by Justin Zackham
Director Rob Reiner and writer Justin Zackham’s comedy-drama “The Bucket List” provides much-needed education on living and dying for American society This is a buddy movie with a twist when “two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward [...]

“Burying the Secret: the road to ruin is paved with books about the law of attraction,” by Carol Rutter

Here’s a follow-on to my March 22, 2007 post “The Secret: Packaged In America.”

Burying the Secret, by Carol Rutter
Within the framework of responding to Rhonda Byrne’s “The Secret,” Carol Rutter’s “Burying the Secret” weaves autobiography, expose, searching cultural commentary, and an analytical compendium of helpful books on important psychological and spiritual issues. If [...]