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Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 31, 20184 min read

“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,...

Cookin’ the Books: Sizzling Recipes to Spice Up Your Writing

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 24, 20185 min read

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...

(Pain Free) Tricks for (Monkey Mind) Traps

Gina Greenlee, Author

Oct 17, 20181 min read

(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, 20185 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20181 min read

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, 20183 min read

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...

Bust Out of Your Comfort Zone with The Netflix Game

Gina Greenlee, Author

Sep 13, 20182 min read

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, 20184 min read

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, 20183 min read

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...

Need to Change Your Life? Eat with Chopsticks

Gina Greenlee, Author

Aug 11, 20182 min read

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, 20182 min read

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, 20183 min read

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, 20184 min read

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...

Postcards & Pearls: The Joy of the Journey

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 14, 20187 min read

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...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 7, 20184 min read

The Best Life You Can Imagine

July 2018 marks the 10th Anniversary of my flagship book, Postcards and Pearls: Life Lessons from Solo Moments on the Road, a modern...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jul 2, 20182 min read

All Chaos is Not Created Equal

In America – my native country and the world culture I know best – we tend to denigrate chaos. American culture is designed to minimize...

The Link between Google Piñata and Deliberate Practice

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 24, 20183 min read

The Link between Google Piñata and Deliberate Practice

Thwack Attack Since 2013 I have used the Google piñata as one way to deliberately practice moving beyond any skill plateau. The piñata...

Gina Greenlee, Author

Jun 18, 20184 min read

Giving “Messy” New Meaning

As a little girl I loved to play with clay, paints, dyes and markers. My mother had a fit when she saw our bathtub stained after an...

Prolific Author Gina Greenlee & Amazon Co-Release, “Formula 5: Brain Science Your Way..."

Gina Greenlee, Author

May 22, 20184 min read

Prolific Author Gina Greenlee & Amazon Co-Release, “Formula 5: Brain Science Your Way..."

Sarasota, FL - April 25, 2018 - “Formula 5”, Gina Greenlee’s most anticipated book and certain to be an Amazon best-seller, goes on sale...