by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Dec 11, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Gratitude, Personal Stories
For twenty-four years, I dreamed of visiting Borneo. I even had it listed on my Bucket List. While I ticked off other items on my list during that time—some as remote and hard to get to as Borneo—I still put it off thinking it was too way off the beaten track and...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Oct 8, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Personal Stories
Eleven years ago, to mark a milestone birthday, I booked a solo overseas trip to check off two items on my bucket list: a Kenyan safari guided by the Maasai Mara and a mountain gorilla trek in the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest of Uganda. While I had previously been...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Aug 15, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Book Writing Research Process, fiction writing, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
Last month, I revealed with much excitement that I resumed writing every day, beginning by editing a novel I’d started back in 2021. Yes, it had been more than three years since I looked at that manuscript—one of three yet-to-be-published manuscripts. In fact, I was...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jul 12, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Book Writing Research Process, Disciplined Decisions, fiction writing, Gratitude, Positive Perspective, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
Thankfully, I have a full life with many blessings and much to be grateful for. I am truly never bored as I always have something to do or somewhere to go. In fact, I can no longer keep up with the numerous hobbies I collected over the years because I’ve replaced them...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jun 12, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Meditation for the Mind, Personal Stories
Recently, a hypothetical question was posed to women on social media: Would you rather be alone in the woods with a man or a bear? Although there was no unanimous answer, most of the women on sites like TikTok, Instagram and X responded they’d prefer to be alone with...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | May 17, 2024 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Personal Stories
Lots of things come to mind when I think of the month of May. Everything from May Day to Cinco de Mayo to Mother’s Day to Memorial Day. Yet, for the past 17 years, the first thing that comes to mind is my son’s birthday, May 8. My second thought is that he made me a...
