You’re a writer – you know how it goes. You work and work and pour your heart and adenoids into your project. And then someone asks “What’s it about?”
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Trying to Write a Sequel
Founding a dynasty is a plenty robust task. But how can you become a world-famous writer on only one book? Sequels, my friend. It’s all about the sequels.
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You’re a writer – you know how it goes. You work, work, work, and write and create and think and write and… wait a second, does that mean you ARE a writer?
Continue reading “Acting Like a Writer”Chipping Away at Perfection
Yvon Chouinard, the mastermind behind the Patagonia clothing company, used to quote somebody even more famous, but I forget who. I don’t suppose that’s the point…
Continue reading “Chipping Away at Perfection”It’s DONE!!!
You’re a writer, you know how it goes. You spend so much of your heart and soul and sleepy long hours into your rewrite, and then, IT’S DONE!
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I was going to call this post Dam the Lazy River, but instead chose to tie it to a previous post. See how clever this gorilla marketing thing is?
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Sometimes ideas hit you out of the blue. Sometimes, maybe that’s where they should have stayed.
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Man, life can be tough. Just when you think you got things figured out…
Continue reading “Update from Geezerville”Release the Inner Popeye!
We all have an inner Popeye – unless you don’t know who that is, or you don’t think you have an inner Popeye, in which case you may not.
Continue reading “Release the Inner Popeye!”Chin Up, Chin Up
When I was in high school, a chin up was the absolutely worst form of exercise ever devised. Now that I’m a trifle older, I’ve found some other exercises that may qualify for the worst!
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