A memoir of donuts, coffee, the pandemic and dating — Taken from L.B. Lewis’s SMALL TALK WITH MYSELF, #1 New Release on Amazon in Humor + Entertainment Short Reads. I love coffee. But it wasn’t always this way. Here’s why: most people don’t know this but in high school I was in a training video for a large donut chain…

A short story including a behind-the-scenes look — It was another day of the pandemic in mid-2020 when our fridge was empty. The last over-priced debacle with online grocery delivery caused us to reassess that choice and now I was the one to forge for food. I didn’t mind because I was still looking for a job and…

Low numbers prompted Wisherie.co’s end — Back in July, I launched Wisherie.co. It was a barter network rooted in the passion economy and improving mental health. …

How The Great Recession Led Me To Innovate Now — “Founders often hold too tightly onto solutions and too loosely onto problems,”- Michel Siebel, Y Combinator. We all know startups are supposed to solve problems. And, 2020 has been a record-setting year for problems. One problem is unemployment. It’s estimated that COVID unemployment could be close to that of the…

Have Your Cake and Eat it, Too — “Two to three years, max. But… I see you’ve been working freelance for way longer,” a fellow freelancer told me during an informational interview. Through thick and thin, networking with other freelancers as well as a range of potential partners has been paramount to my survival. The urban legend of…

Easy Tips for Virtual Relationship Building During the Pandemic — The evolution of virtual meetings continues to break new ground. Zoom, the market leader with 40.49% of the market share, just announced the August release of Zoom for Home, the first of its kind device to enhance the virtual meeting experience. For job seekers, virtual networking has provided more opportunities…

This is not medical advice. This is not an advertisment. — There’s a lot going on in our inner worlds right now. What’s more is that signs of anxiety and depression are being reported by a third of Americans as one of the effects of the ongoing pandemic. You might remember that May was #MentalHealthAwareness month. It was amazing to see…

Writing, Formatting, and Marketing are Critical to Sales — Have you started writing something during the time of coronavirus? Thought about publishing it as a book? I have seen many people on Twitter talk about writing books under quarantine and wanted to share some resources here. I’ve sold thousands of copies and got to #12 on Amazon for my…