by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Apr 18, 2023 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Comfort Zone, Disciplined Decisions, fiction writing, Gratitude, Meditation for the Mind, Personal Stories, Positive Perspective, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
My teenage son wants to move to the snow. He’s tired of the balmy beach life where the temps rarely go below 40 degrees and where golf carts are street legal. Over the years, in his young mind, he’s determined that coastal people (read, girls) tend to be shallow and...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Sep 12, 2022 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Disciplined Decisions, Meditation for the Mind, Personal Stories
Lately, I’ve been disappointed with social media and its ill effects on society. Yes, social media generally has many good qualities. It’s offered us an unrivaled means with which to connect with long-lost friends, classmates, and relatives. We’ve even made new...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Mar 8, 2022 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Disciplined Decisions, Meditation for the Mind, Positive Perspective
Do you love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. ~ Benjamin Franklin Growing up I often heard my parents and other adults say things like “Youth is wasted on the young,” and “Life goes by so fast.” While those words were not always...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Feb 7, 2022 | Author Rochelle Kaplan, Book Writing Research Process, Disciplined Decisions, fiction writing, Positive Perspective, Writing Inspiration, Writing Process
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first ~ William Shakespeare When I read this quote this morning in one of my daily meditation books, I thought it to be quite appropriate as it applied perfectly to the slow, but steady strides I take in writing. I...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Jan 9, 2022 | Book Writing Research Process, Disciplined Decisions, Eve of Destruction, Meditation for the Mind, Positive Perspective
It would be safe to say that I am a self-motivated person, not needing a heck of a lot of prodding to start a new project or activity or even get daily, routine things accomplished. While I can procrastinate with the best of them if the task at hand is dull, I am...
by Author-Rochelle Kaplan | Mar 29, 2021 | Disciplined Decisions, Reading Enjoyment
A friend of mine I will call “Sam,” who is an avid reader, confessed to me the other day that she hadn’t read a book in quite some time. In fact, she’d completely lost interest in reading. What??? She’d always have novels lined up, reading one after the other. She’d...
