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I want to be writing!!
I have this short story I was working on that I’d really like to finish. But the real world calls. I have paying work to do and I need to find a place to live, because my mom does not … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Writing
Tagged back-up your data, being a writer, can I quit my job please, Keri Peardon blog, real life sucks sometimes, writing
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It’s not yours anymore
Once you write that blog post or story or novel and you send it out into the world, it’s not yours anymore. The only way to control something you create is to keep it private, to never tell anyone else … Continue reading
A Chuck Wendig Day
Before I get started I’d just like to state for the record that it sounds like a large elephant is bouncing around in the apartment above me. And if I knew how to say, “Hey, you big fat elephant quit … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, but you can do it, consistency, of course step one is actually writing something, perseverance, real life sucks sometimes, step two is getting it out there for others to see, terribleminds blog, this shit aint easy, writing
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I hate my computer right now…
So does my ass. And my back. Because I have spent too many hours in the last umpteen days sitting in front of my laptop working. And I wish I could say I was creating amazing and interesting new worlds … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writer, Dr. Doyle's blog, real life sucks sometimes, verb tenses, writing
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Post of Randomness
It’s a Sunday. I hope you’re all out enjoying the last bits of summer. If not, maybe this post will drive you outside with its complete lack of value to anyone except me. (Surrogate therapy is fantastic. Today you all … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged cranky and taxing blog, I hate uncertainty, Kory Stamper blog, limbo is not fun, my novel, real life sucks sometimes, self doubt, stress, terribleminds blog
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Must stay calm and persevere
This isn’t writing related. Hence the picture as my apology for ranting in a very generic, not at all useful way. (And my reminder to channel calm…This may be a repeat photo, but I need his multiple handed meditation today.)
Posted in Life
Tagged complaining, real life sucks sometimes, why aren't things simple?
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Have I said how much I love Patricia C. Wrede?
Well, I’m sure it’s been at least a week since I did so. Here she is with a great post: Show and tell redux. A few choice quotes: “Most of all, though, whether something is ‘showing’ or ‘telling’ does not … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, patricia c. wrede blog, real life sucks sometimes, show vs. tell, writing
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I feel the vultures circling…
By this I mean that I think I’m about to have to spend a large part of the rest of the day on mind-numbing conference calls that make me contemplate such things as: (1) That Anna Nicole Smith was a … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged Hayibo, real life sucks sometimes
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M.H. Lee 