Planning a Novel

Lessons in Strategy from Healthcare to Fiction “Everything has to be perfect, and all contingencies have to be considered at every step in the completion of the exercise.” When people think of writing a novel, they often imagine a burst of inspiration leading to pages effortlessly filled with words. But for me, writing It Could […]

Mystery, Strategy, and Mind Games

Ever wondered how far strategy and teamwork can take you in a high-stakes murder mystery? I remember playing Assassin in college, and it was so much fun. I didn’t win, and I did everything I could to evade the person trying to get me, but in the end, I was thwarted outside the performing arts […]

Risking Your Career On a Very Strange Adventure

Some people grow up knowing what it is they want to do with their lives. There are people who do what it is others expect them to do, and there are those who dream a dream, believe in it and create their own paths to turning the dream into something real. What makes this book […]

The Genesis of a Novel

I went for a walk with my sister one day, about 6 months after I had quit my job. We were talking about the next thing in my professional life, and I wanted to stay in healthcare, but the job-hunting landscape had changed pretty significantly with artificial intelligence software, aka applicant tracking software, doing the […]