Alexis Minko
"To be blessed, be generous." Alexis Minko was born in Libreville, Gabon, and was raised primarily there and in Paris, France. He began his career as an attorney working for the United Nations in New York and worked with the Security Council of the United Nations on...
Andrew Ko
"Value your heritage and embrace your distinctiveness." Andrew Ko is the senior director for U.S. Education Strategy and Innovation for Microsoft Corporation, responsible for promoting and creating innovative programs improving education through the use of technology....
Ali MacGraw
"Every one of us has to pick our own way through the land mines of life — no one can or should do it for us. Sometimes the most extravagant pain is the gateway to something incandescent." Ali MacGraw is an internationally known, award-winning...
TURKISH Epiphany Coming to a Store Near You!
That's right. Just found out Epiphany is going to be published in TURKEY in TURKISH! Yes, Elise, (they gently replied) it will be in Turkish. It's so funny - you don't think about people reading your book in say, Turkish, when you're sitting at your desk writing,...
Epiphany Contributor Ali MacGraw on Oprah!
"Love means never having to say you're sorry." Yes, that Ali MacGraw - the Love Story award-winning actress, one of the original "It-girls" (as Oprah says), activist, philanthropist, author and best-selling yoga DVD creator, mother and so many other things (I'll put...
NaNoWriMo is less than a month away!
And I forgot to mention I learned about this in The Happiness Project also. NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month, a notion that has taken the world by storm made up by Chris Baty who has created a hilarious, informative website and a book called No Plot No...
Perfect Inspirational Quotes for a Bad Day (or Night)
Ever had a REALLY bad day (or night)? Yeah, me too. This quote by Emerson helps... Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall...
Epiphany: The Definition of Success
I was going through a bunch of things as I organize for the new year and ran across one of my favorite sayings/poems...They aren't sure who wrote it - it's attributed most of the time to Ralph Waldo Emerson but probably a woman by the name of Bessie Stanley wrote it....
My Publisher and Poet…
This is a poem sent to my agent by Shaye Areheart, who is now my publisher at Harmony Books, after we met with them about Epiphany. She said the project inspired it so she sent it along. I love it and she has given me permission to post it here. A publisher poet, who...
Great Moments Often Catch Us Unaware
Great moments often catch us unaware, beautifully wrapped in what others might consider a small one.’ - Kent Nerburn This moving story was sent to me today. This is what an epiphany can be…a great moment beautifully wrapped in a small one. If we pay attention and...
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