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Greets all, As an exercise in assertiveness, I've decided I need to speak with my attorney and ask him to be a little more assertive as we go through the procedure of buying a house. And honestly, I'm a little nervous about it. Here's the background – my girlfriend and I won a “lottery” of sorts for...

My reply is a little late, but your story interested me...I'm interested to hear what's happened since then,if anything? (BTW, what's the “jet set” mentality you referring to?) You're absolutely right – it is a protection mechanism. I'll go on a limb and quite unapologetically make a general stateme...

Thank you! Most of them live on my hard drive...but I have a serial titled "The Sobibor Retrievers" published in a magazine called "The City Morgue", and another (whose title I don't even remember) published in an anthology titled "Fable, Fiction, and Fantasy".

This is great - I had to share this in a new post. I've been contemplating my own fears about writing my first novel. From the coaching video, I wrote down the three things I most want, and that was one of them. So I took the video's advice and came up with a simple, immediate action item - get a bo...

This week's lesson has been right on the mark. Yesterday I wasn't completely agreeing with what I heard. I've always believed it's better to err on the side of over-expecting from yourself - “aim for the stars - if you fall short you'll hit the moon.” Lowering expectations sounded to me like selling...

Joe - not to belabor the point, but obviously this is a complex issue, one with books and industries devoted to it and no shortage of opinions on the solution. For what it's worth, it sounds to me like you're doing just about everything you can to make yourself desirable to your wife, so don't take ...

Good topic – thanks Joe. Dan Savage, you’re not on this list, by chance? Could use your help here…☺ I understand how you feel. I don’t know anyone, male or female, who’s satisfied with a sex life wherein their lover/spouse only wants it every other blue moon, and even then only out of a sense of nec...