Joanne Tombrakos

Tales of Reinvention: Karen Quinn

Karen Nedler Quinn is another of the growing group of Corporate Expatriates. Karen’s first novel, The Ivy Chronicles was published in January 2005. That was followed by three more, Wife in the Fast Lane, Holly Would Dream and The Sister Diaries. This July is the debut of Karen’s first work of non-fiction, Testing for Kindergarten. I […]

After The Fireworks

According to the Oxford American Dictionary to discipline oneself to do something is to train oneself to do something in a controlled and habitual way. Discipline is key when you are creating, whether it is a new novel, a new business or getting in gear to find your next job. But it all disappears like a display of fireworks in the […]

The Work Never Ends

Our culture is big on goal setting. We strive towards that goal thinking if only, if only and when I get there it will all be different. Then I won’t have to work so hard at it anymore when the real truth is arriving at the goal is just the beginning. I started the process […]

Shameless Self Promotion

I’ve always been a good promoter. It comes with the territory when you spend as many years in sales and the advertising world as I did. But it was usually for someone or something else. Rarely myself. However, things change. As an authorpreneur with a growing coaching practice, I am learning that self promotion is […]

Time To Reinvent: Warning Sign #8

You are sitting in your favorite neighborhood restaurant having dinner with your man. He orders a bottle of your favorite Pinot Noir and then looks at you with those eyes that remind you the world is a wonderful place and you are very lucky. Then he asks how the job is going. You burst into […]

Privacy And The Cross Town Bus

When I was a kid gas was cheap and cars were still new enough that going for a “ride” with no where particular in mind was considered an afternoon out. A road trip vacation that piled our family in the car for hours on end was exciting. Since there were no portable DVD players to […]