What if I told you What’s-Always-Been Is a Lie? Question everything!
What if I told you your point of view matters more than the power structures that guide your life. The rules you follow — the ones that tell you when to wake up, how many hours a week you should work, how much money you can ask for your work — don’t...
8 powerful books to help you overcome fear of rejection
If you fear rejection, you’re not alone. The problem is, your fear of rejection holds you back. It makes you hesitate before you write a pitch and tells you that no one wants to read your story anyway. Thus you resist doing the work that needs to be done if you want...
Embrace your inner freak! She has a story to tell.
Do you have electricity at home? How do you go to the doctor? You’re such a hippy. What a freak! These are things people ask me when they heard I live in Argentina. Hippy? I’m a hippy? It will never cease to amaze to me the notions people have about the...
7 reasons to write in English when it’s not your first language
I often work with people who want to write in English even though it’s not their lengua maternal, and they always ask if it’s a good idea. Their English writing skills aren’t as strong as they’d like them to be. They worry they’ll look...
How-to Be Aggressive Pushy and Annoying Like Fred
Let me tell you a little story about why you need to be aggressive and shout out loud for exactly what you want. My first time at Burning Man a few years back, I met a guy named, let’s call him Fred. Fred was a total and utter pain in the ass. He demanded what...About Leigh
I'm a writer and mentor currently living in Argentina. Want to know how I created my ideal writing life?
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