A True Story About the Kindness of Total Strangers in St. Louis! My friend “B” was recently volunteering for a downtown non-profit. She was told to park in one specific multi-level garage where they would validate her ticket so she could park for free. I worked in downtown St. Louis and parked in one of […]

I have always loved road trips . . . there’s something about being able to drive where you want to go and stop when you want to stop. As a young child, my step-father was a traveling salesman, so our Summer Vacation usually meant my Mother and I would travel with him and we would […]

The Science of Music and the Music of Science: How Music Reveals Our Brain, Our Humanity, and the Cosmos Science and music—scientists and musicians—are inseparable and symbiotic. For over 2,500 years, music has inspired scientific investigation and progress. In return, science has provided musicians with untold numbers of valuable insights into their art and craft, […]

We’re all on this planet for a reason. No matter our faith, philosophy, or fears . . . we are here on this Earth-ship and it is up to each of us to make a “go” of it. SO-O-O . . . What do you STAND FOR? What will you NOT STAND FOR? How will […]

I see a lot of what I call “Talking Heads” throughout social media. The video messages on Facebook and LinkedIn are EVERYWHERE . . . each claiming to have the PERFECT solution to what THEY perceive as my immediate need. It reminds me a lot of the “Carnival Barkers” I encountered as a child at […]

During a networking event last week we were given an “ice breaker” conversation starter of, “What super hero would you like to be and why?” I met plenty of people claiming Wonder Woman, Batgirl, Batman, and Superman . . . but oddly enough, I was the only one who claimed “Tinker Bell.” As a small […]

I spent most of the 1970s in either high school or college. My taste in music ran the gamut from Moody Blues and Queen to Kenny Rogers, Carol King, and Jim Croce. Pretty much the story-tellers of music in the ‘70s. I was not all that surprised when, as I awoke this morning, this song […]

Prior to starting Davis Creative in January of 2004, I worked in corporate financial marketing for over a decade. There is not much I miss from that world . . . especially not the PUFFINS. If you have worked in corporate America, you know what I am referring to. Corporate PUFFINS have similar characteristics as […]

In 2018, Bowker (the US registrar for all ISBN numbers) assigned a record-breaking 1,009,188 ISBNs to independent and self-published books. This number does not even include the books which are published by traditional publishing houses, NOR does it include the ISBNs assigned by Amazon/KDP (formerly CreateSpace). Look Good. Get Noticed. Stand Out in a Crowd. […]

Writing a non-fiction book does not mean people will automatically buy it. WRITING your book is NOT the first place to start the publishing process. You can’t just “build it and they will come”. . . that only happens in the movies. Before you even pick up a pencil or open a WORD doc to […]