Tag: Creative
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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…
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Someday
I wrote this up after viewing this picture on Markovich Photo Art, shot by Alex Markovich. (Yes, I know I just put up a CYA post about pictures. I also CYA’ed myself with a screen capture regarding permissions on his blog – so there.) *** We bought a boat and took it out the…
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Blockage
Writer’s Block. Writer’s Anxiety. Writing Doubts. Perfectionism. Insecurity. It doesn’t matter the term. I’ve got it. Hard. No, no. Don’t back away. It isn’t contagious. At least, I don’t think it is. *achooo!* At first I thought it was just some minor irritation. The words weren’t flowing. That happens every now and again. No big…
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