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Scary Thoughts For Writers: Your Friends Lie To You About How Good You Are

10.23.2013 writing

All Hallow’s Eve approaches and the whispers continue. “You’re so good!” “You’re a genius!” “I love what you’re doing!” But can you believe them? Should you? Who are these people, really? What has replaced them? Yes, it seems like your friends love what you write, but have they all been replaced by alien pods? Do they […]

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Scary Thoughts For Writers: Your Previous Work Wasn’t That Good

10.22.2013 Art

Look what I found hiding in the basement. Another Halloween monster just for writers. This one is a little harder to kill. It’s name is Your Previous Work Wasn’t That Good. Here’s why it’s difficult to kill: most of the time it’s telling the truth. When I was younger it was right pretty much all of the […]

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Scary Thoughts For Writers: You’ll Never Have Another Good Idea

10.21.2013 writing

Halloween approaches. Not all of the goblins and ghoulies are going to show up knocking at your door begging for candy. For writers, there are scarier things. Here’s one ugly little monster I found hiding in the shadows. Don’t take it too seriously, but here it is. It’s called You’ll Never Have Another Good Idea. […]

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I May Be Wrong Now, But I Don’t Think So

08.27.2010 The life of the mind

Randy Newman is one of my favorite popular songwriters and performers. And a line from one of his songs sticks with me this week as I write about the role of skepticism and science in our personal lives. It’s from his theme song for the TV show “Monk” called “It’s a Jungle Out There.” I’ve […]

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