Tag: Creative
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IWSG June
Did you ever say “I quit”? If so, what happened to make you come back to writing? I don’t think I ever said “I quit.” I think I’ve said far more destructive things like “when I have more time.” We all know how that goes. Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow creeps through gaining momentum until…
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Resisting Technological Advances – A Tale As Old As Time
I am a luddite. Some technological changes do not please me. I do not like the cloud. I do not like e-books. I do not like streaming music/videos. All of this has to do with the fact that I prefer physical possession of media. I enjoy scribbling notes in my books. I notice I don’t…
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Catering to Expectations
We all do it to some degree. And before you go off on how you always do what you want, when you want and screw what anyone else thinks, when you went to the company Christmas party, did you dress like everyone else, to expectation, or did you show up looking like a crazy homeless…
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Caffeine is Awesome
Sleep is better. [Kittycorn (above) may disagree with this statement.] I know that’s heretical of a writer to say that, but it’s true. I’ve had problems sleeping since I was in high school. Problems going to sleep. Problems staying asleep. Problems staying awake during the times that society dictates is normal. Sadly, all the caffeine…
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Why “Said” Isn’t Quite Dead
“Said is Dead!” a Pinterest post screams at me. Another one. And Another. And again. Oooo! This one did it with an infographic, so it must be true. I remember in a writer’s conference (the only one I’ve ever been able to get to) back in 2008 when several writers and even editors rolled their…
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This is one of the problems, I think…
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook…
