by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jul 9, 2025 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Personal Stories
Last month I relayed my overall malaise, which was specifically tied to two unrelated, yet completely annoying experiences. My “new” dentist who used a sleight of hand to treat me and a candidate who blew her interview. This month, by contrast, I have been troubled by...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jun 11, 2025 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Disciplined Decisions, Personal Stories
All last week I was feeling a bit out of sorts. I was cranky and snippy and taking it out on the wrong people. It wasn’t anything one person did to me, but a combination of two disparate events that took place last Monday. Ironically, both events happened at the...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | May 14, 2025 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Gratitude, Meditation for the Mind, Personal Stories, Positive Perspective, Writing Inspiration
Twenty-plus years ago, after I’d self-published Guilty as Sin and before I started to pen the Persona Non Grata trilogy, I was talking to a casual friend at the gym, telling him about wanting to write another novel. Curious and intrigued by my avocation, he asked me...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Apr 8, 2025 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Personal Stories, Writing Inspiration
I’m never surprised where my writing inspiration comes from. And often it arises from the most unlikely places. Last month I received a resume from a candidate named Christina in response to a healthcare related ad I had posted on one of the popular job boards. The...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Feb 19, 2025 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Book Writing Research Process, Positive Perspective, Writing Process
Sometimes I really amaze myself with how clever I can be. Or at least how open minded I am to new concepts. When faced with a problem, I try to not force a solution, allowing ideas to arise in my mind that I had heretofore not considered or even knew existed....
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jan 13, 2025 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Book Writing Research Process, Personal Stories, Positive Perspective, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
Making New Year’s Resolutions has never been a top priority for me. I commit to goals all year long so waiting till the beginning of a new year to change a bad habit or create a new, healthier one doesn’t motivate me. I tend to change bad habits when I get sick and...
