Category Archives: Your Best Chapter

Everybody Needs An Ideal Reader

Posted on October 28, 2012 by dianabletter

The winner of my Ideal Reader Award is Marylin Warner. What does that mean? If you’re a writer, you write with that one person in mind who you are trying to communicate with. As Pico Iyer said, “Writing is, in the end, … Continue reading →

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How Your Dog Can Teach You How to Behave

Posted on October 7, 2012 by dianabletter

I loved my dog, Happy, because he wasn’t an annoying barker like some dogs. He only barked when he really felt something. If something was truly important or if someone was truly in danger. Why can’t we all be more … Continue reading →

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Specific Versus Generic: Marketing Your Best Chapters

Posted on September 19, 2012 by dianabletter

I’m all set to launch THE MOM WHO TOOK OFF ON HER MOTORCYCLE! I even made a cute little movie which I haven’t yet uploaded to youtube.com about the Mom Who Took Off’s important tips for raising kids. (Like, make … Continue reading →

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4 Surfer’s Tips To Live Your Best Chapter

Posted on August 19, 2012 by dianabletter

My friend, Sam, the one who spoke about people living rent-free in your head here, went surfing the other day, and said that he was waiting and waiting for the perfect wave. Which never came. And then he took the … Continue reading →

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7 Sure Ways to Change the World Over the Weekend

Posted on July 29, 2012 by dianabletter

  Yes, there are 7 sure ways to change the world over the weekend. Not talking about the big world, I’m talking about your world. The world around you, which is the only world we have. When you open your … Continue reading →

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The Apple Can Fall Far From The Tree

Posted on July 25, 2012 by dianabletter

Yesterday I wrote my Tool for Tuesday: It’s Your Own Fault. That post reminds us all that blame keeps us wallowing in the past. It is impossible to move forward when we keep replaying the lament about what we didn’t get … Continue reading →

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Filling Our Own Well

Posted on July 16, 2012 by dianabletter

My friend Carol always says, “We have to fill our own well.” That is just like the link on Gretchen Rubin‘s Happiness Project blog. She wrote that we need to be emotionally self-sufficient to get closer to other people. If … Continue reading →

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Claire Cook: We’ve All Got The Power To Make Our Own Dreams Come True

Posted on June 28, 2012 by dianabletter

Best-sellling author Claire Cook’s latest book, Wallflower in Bloom, is a delightful story of Deidre Griffin finally finding her own courage to step out from behind her brother Tag’s shadow. Tag is a famous self-made guru and the book follows … Continue reading →

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Who Gave You Courage to Begin Your Best Chapter?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by dianabletter

In a moving essay in Sunday’s New York Times, Jane Mendolsohn wrote that Amelia Earhart “inspired me to face the unknown, the empty sky, the blank page….She inspired me to begin my life.” Before I took off on my motorcycle … Continue reading →

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Take the Quiz: Are You An Under-Doer Or an Over-Doer?

Posted on June 10, 2012 by dianabletter

Take the quiz to find out if you’re an under-doer or an over-doer. When you’re feeling insecure, do you shop too much to feel better? Or do you deprive yourself of basic things? When you’re upset, do you eat too … Continue reading →

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