halloween

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 Yes, it seems like your friends love what you write, but have they all been replaced by alien pods?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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Sharpen Your Writing Skills: Write Out Your Fears

10.31.2012 writing

What are you afraid of? Are these things keeping you from writing and writing well? Let’s get them written out. This is not just a Halloween post. I suspect that each and every one of us fears something. It might not be just about writing, but life fears. Fears accumulate like items on our todo lists. […]

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Almost Didn’t Happen

05.03.2012 Family

I’ve heard history described as “the story of things that almost didn’t happen.” It’s very easy to look back at the past and see an inevitability, a purpose. But if you look closely that purpose evaporates, pops like the thin soap bubble it is. There are so many near misses in history that it’s amazing […]

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