Gina Greenlee, Author
Purse Prompts: Getting Carried Away with Writing
The purse. Women love to buy them, talk about them, and brag about their attributes. We compliment each other on them, ask if we can...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Nov 28, 2018
- 2 min
As Whales Do
Gina Greenlee photo: Whale watching on New Zealand’s Kaikoura Coast, June 2000 ◊ ◊ ◊ Years ago, while still new in my journey of teaching...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Nov 21, 2018
- 1 min
Do It For Love
Get Excited Often, when we set out to “WRITE” we stumble because we are removed from the writing itself. We approach it like a 10th grade...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Nov 14, 2018
- 3 min
Golf, Bob Dylan, and How to Lead
Fortune Magazine, December 2016 issue; How to Lead Like Zuck by Adam Lashinsky: “Ideas typically do not just come to you,” said Mark...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Nov 7, 2018
- 2 min
Perfume, Street Gangs and Vampires
So what if your idea isn’t “new.” Don’t be afraid to take a new swing at an old ball. The 1937 Hungarian play, Parfumerie by Miklos...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Oct 31, 2018
- 4 min
“Perfection Isn’t that Interesting…”
It is more interesting to do things with sincerity and a certain quirkiness,” said late, renowned chef Charlie Trotter. “With perfection,...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Oct 24, 2018
- 5 min
Cookin’ the Books: Sizzling Recipes to Spice Up Your Writing
There’s a temptation in our networked age to think that ideas can be developed by email and iChat. That’s crazy. Creativity comes from...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Oct 17, 2018
- 1 min
(Pain Free) Tricks for (Monkey Mind) Traps
Trick the trickster and get on with your writing. AVAILABLE HERE ON AMAZON #ProlificWithoutPain #Inspiration #WritersTools #WritersProcess
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Oct 10, 2018
- 5 min
Do You Feel Prolific? Well, Do Ya?
Prolific without Pain: Chillax Into Your Best Writing Ever Joyful writing doesn’t come from sitting erect at a computer for hours or in a...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Oct 3, 2018
- 1 min
To Serve Her Man
A simple woman. A simple plan: Set a trap. Catch a man. Catch a man reel him in. Scrape his gills, crack his fin. Chop his head off rut...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Sep 26, 2018
- 1 min
Corporate Fantasy
To This Day I Remember Wanting to Strangle M. Strickland Hands around throat, breath on the choke. My bulbous eyes took his butt by...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Sep 19, 2018
- 3 min
New York City Girl
You grew up riding the subway/running with people/ up in Harlem, down on Broadway/ You’re no tramp but you’re no lady/ talkin’ that...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Sep 13, 2018
- 2 min
Bust Out of Your Comfort Zone with The Netflix Game
Toy The Netflix Game Snapshot The Netflix Game nudges you to step outside your genre box. It fertilizes your imagination, which is life’s...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Aug 25, 2018
- 4 min
The Darker Side of Fiction
Historically, I’ve never been much for romance novels in part because they seemed too saccharine and Pollyanna. Unrealistic. That was the...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Aug 20, 2018
- 3 min
Take Advantage of a Good Brain Wash
At 10 pm I awoke from a 4-hour nap. Could’ve tried to sleep for the night, then thought, why waste a good brain wash? We all know how...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Aug 11, 2018
- 2 min
Need to Change Your Life? Eat with Chopsticks
According to Chinese Astrology, 2018 Year of the Dog is kind of bad luck. The good news: circumstances are what you make of them. Get...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
The Energy of Completion
Writing books takes time. It needn’t take years but it will take months. You are making progress but it will appear subtle. Until you...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Jul 28, 2018
- 3 min
Don’t Take Yourself Too Seriously
Try something you’ve resisted because you didn’t want to “make a fool” of yourself. Yeah, that thing. The local comedy club in my town...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Jul 21, 2018
- 4 min
The Box, Wild Things and Formula 5
◊ ◊ ◊ Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box. Twyla Tharp ◊ ◊ ◊ The Box In her book, The Creative Habit: Learn...
Gina Greenlee, Author
- Jul 14, 2018
- 7 min
Postcards & Pearls: The Joy of the Journey
Gina Greenlee, Costa del Sol, Spain, 2000 Ten years ago when I began the journey of writing Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo...