Joan's story is about empowering others to write and complete their novels.  She shares these nuggets of life wisdom: what you do, matters focus on what you love to do you do not need outside affirmation or permission you are entitled to 'do the work' perseverance is key focus on your key objective “What you focus on grows, what you think about expands, and what you dwell upon determines your destiny.”   tags:  Joan, Dempsey, writer, author, novelist, writing, teaching, This, Is, How, It, Happens, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean