Greetings and Good Afternoon, Everyone! I hope that you’re off to an amazing start today. This past weekend was yet another learning moment for me. It was a chance to learn about how I handle disappointment. Even in the aftermath of the “slap that rocked the Oscars and America,” I took away some lessons learned to use in the future. Today, I want to discuss the importance of pushing through a disappointment. Nowadays, we often talk about “leveling up,” but after we do so, we

Greetings and Good Monday Morning to you!☀️🍂🍁 I hope that you've had an outstanding weekend! This is my favorite time of year! So, I spent the entire weekend getting my home "holiday ready", so that meant cleaning and organizing my house from top to bottom. I must say, it was a very productive weekend! As I finished last week, several thoughts came to mind about people being unwilling to get out of their comfort zones. To a certain extent, comfort zones are ok, but when the

Greetings, Good Morning! Happy Monday! I hope all is well and that you're off to having an amazing day. This afternoon, I want to think about self-confidence, and its importance for becoming a stronger writer. Having a strong sense of self has been important to me in all aspects of my life. So, naturally it was important for me to carry this self-confidence into my writing. In this blog post, I wanted to briefly share some my suggestions for becoming more self-confident in o

Greetings, Good Monday Morning, I hope that you had an amazing weekend!😃 I certainly did. It was very quiet and productive. So, this weekend, I was contemplating #MondayMotivation topics to discuss in the coming weeks, and wrote down some ideas. Suddenly, I remembered a TED Talk, that I watched about 3 years ago, and I decided to watch it again to refresh my memory, and as soon as, I finished it I was inspired all over again. This morning, I want to discuss "inspirational le

Greetings and Good Afternoon Everyone, Today, I would like to talk about where I gain inspiration as a writer. We all can gain inspiration from anything and anywhere in life, if we are open to it. Many times when I'm writing for my books, I'm inspired by the music I listen to. I love to listen to "Big Band" and "traditional jazz", or R&B from the 1980's, 1990's, and earlier. I usually get a vibe that makes me want to dive right into writing. When I begin writing, I will turn

Greetings and Good Afternoon, This week for "Mai's Writing Corner Weekly Blog Series", I wanted to cover what I've learned my 1st year as an indie author. So, before we get started, I hope that your week is going well! Since we've made it halfway through this week, I began reflecting over the course of the past year of my life, and some of the things that I've learned as a first-time self-publishing author. One thing, that I will always reiterate about my journey, is that th