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Starting 2019
There’s actual snow on the ground. I live in Colorado, and, sad to say, snow is a rarity anymore. But even an inch of snow on New Year’s Day is lends hope for the coming year. Misplaced hope, perhaps, but hope none the less. 2018 has been an eventful year. Some of it good, some…
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December IWSG
What are five objects we’d find in your writing space? Only five? Like most people, I have pens and paper and books, a stapler, cups to hold the pens and so on, so I guess we’re looking for the less common things with this question. I have what I call “The Bard’s Noose” hanging on…
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Doubts
Doubts are hard. I mean they are useful, they serve an evolutionary purpose. Doubt makes one give a second, more careful look at something. Doubt gives you reason to move cautiously, maybe take in a few extra details about the situation or your plans. Doubt may have saved an ancestor or two from becoming some…
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Directions?
Have you ever decided to take a long, hard look at your life and *think* about what it is your doing and why and what you are expecting to get out of it? Have you ever noticed that in most movies, the hero doing this manages to sort his/her shit out in a single night…
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Fantasies
Do you think writers (and the more voracious readers) have fewer affairs? This is where a lot of affairs start: you’re unhappy. Why you’re unhappy could be any number of reasons; financial, you don’t feel appreciated, you feel used, disconnected, fill-in-the-blank. Whatever the reason, whatever the perceived cause, you’re unhappy. You don’t like being unhappy.…
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IWSG July
July 3 question – What are your ultimate writing goals, and how have they changed over time (if at all)? Ahhh… I’mma write about something else. “Things I Finally Learned After I Got Hit Over The Head With Them.” I’m an “All or Nothing” kind of person when it comes to certain things, like volunteer…
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