Rodney
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Wizard-ardly Learning Experience
April 4th, 1958, at about six o’clock in the evening in Shreveport, Louisiana, I was born. It was Good Friday. My mom reminded us that all three of us kids were born in the early spring when the Redbud tree was blooming in the neighbors yard behind us across the chain link fence. Good Friday…
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Happy New “You”
There is nothing celestially magical about the date chosen for the start of the new year. But here we are – 2026. We find ourselves at a time where much of the world reassesses, recommits, and realigns. We reset many things in our lives at this appointed time because, on this date, we said goodbye…
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So now I’m an author!
It has been another week of firsts for the birth of Week Minded. According to Epiphany Creative Services, I am officially an author. More on that in a second. This past week, I established my book publishing company DBA as BranchWater Press with all the official tax filings and state registrations. We registered the book…
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Sherpa Sessions
It’s been a crazy couple of weeks in the developments of WEEK MINDED. My recent Sherpa session covered some cover design comps, chapter structure, and the first round of edits from my editor, Deb. I finished the reconciliations of all of the editor suggestions. At this point, there are 61 separate cited references of research…
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New Beginnings
This past week was Thanksgiving week. My oldest son, Josh, got married to Kristin and her two children, Walker and Laia, on Monday of the week, so we added a daughter in law, two bonus grandchildren, and a host of bonus relatives that we instantly loved. As such, rather than adding blog fodder for the…
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Be WEEK Minded, Find your Red Threads
Welcome back. I missed you this week. The excitement is building, and it’s getting real. I am WEEK MINDED and I try to BE WEEK MINDED daily. We stood up a temporary website at www.BranchWaterPress.com. That is where this blog resides, but it is also the beginning work on the marketing and branding of “Be…
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Getting Going
This next week, we’re diving deep into the heartbeat of the book—its title, subtitle, and cover art. These are the first things readers meet, the handshake across the bookshelf. They’re the quick spark that either draws someone in or lets them drift past. And while that sounds like pure marketing, the goal of Week Minded…