Yesterday in an interview with Glenn Garnes I was asked, were the characters in The Go-Giver based on real people, or wholly fictional? “Half and half,” I told him. “Yes, it’s fiction, but there are bits and pieces of real people there—and also bits and pieces of...
Having a fun time doing interviews this week. I don’t usually post my interviews here on the blog, but two in a row nudged me to share them with you. This evening, I spent an hour with Dr. Lisa Van Allen at “Boundless Riches” on TalkShoe, chatting about my parents;...
Many years ago, I was teaching an adult class in macrobiotic philosophy. After class was over and the students picked themselves up and shambled off to their next class, one woman stayed behind. When the room was empty, she came up to me and said, “You’ve lost a...
Every month, I send out an “eLetter” that gives people a brief update on all my book projects, and provides a one-line summary of every blog post from the preceding month. Earlier today I sent out my July eLetter (I was two days early). In its opening paragraph, I...
I just had dinner with my mother-in-law. There’s nothing terribly unusual about this; we have dinner every night. But these days, with Ana in Singapore for a few weeks (one week left to go!), when Ana’s daughter isn’t around (as she isn’t tonight), it’s just Sylvia...
