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The Narratives We Tell
So that whole situation I blogged about the other day has me thinking about the narratives we tell, both to ourselves and others. I’ve discussed it before, but my father had a very difficult life. And that’s something I probably … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged don't look for excuses, focus on what is possible, there is power in how you choose to frame your experience
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Wow. I’m Speechless.
I don’t want to get drawn into my first shitstorm fight on the internet, but I had to share this here: Please Help Me Pay My Wonderful Authors The Royalties Owed Them This is a blog post from The Passive … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged a friend doesn't take your money, a very bad IndieGoGo campaign, being a writer, nice people can be thiefs too, The Passive Voice blog, tigers don't change their stripes, when someone admits to stealing money don't give them a chance to steal more, writing
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The Implied Rules
Since I’m spending most of my time these days in an office environment that, understandably but unfortunately, is where most of my thoughts are directed. And this week I spent a lot of time thinking about the implied rules of … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writer, how to fail, how to succeed, implied expectations, look at what people do not what they say, people rarely tell you when you're messing up, there are no rules because it's always context specific, writing
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Most Readers Don’t Care
I was doing my daily trolling of various blogs and forums and saw a few heated discussions or recaps of heated discussions or debates about “controversies” in certain genres. And something occurred to me. Most readers don’t care. Most readers … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, readers, the things that take us away from writing, writing
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