Welcome . . . I'm using this first post to introduce myself, my name is Cheryl Ries, and although I've written blog posts for a company blog I co-founded, this is my initial entry into self-promotion!  What do you think so far?  Ah, you say it's too soon to tell.  I can only qualify my attributes, my abilities, by explaining my desire to fulfill a lifelong passion for writing.  It's either you who become my noble guinea pigs, or I make my beginner's mistakes in a more serious arena such as a ...