Tag: people
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A Pile of Buckets
It’s been a more than year since I’ve really been able to write. It’s hard for me to believe that – for a number of years, I was chugging along at a reasonable clip at my writing. Not screaming fast, not even noticeably fast, but it was a steady pace. Stories were forming, plots were…
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Blood, Sweat and Tears
A lot of people don’t realize how stiff competition can be, even for the jobs you would think no one wants. Take for example, the people wearing the character costumes at Disney World. “It’s just a kid in a Mickey Mouse costume!” is what many say. Ahhhhh… no. While there is a good chance that…
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Writing Hormones
Is it bad that you would rather have your children interrupt you while you’re having an intimate moment with your spouse than interrupt you while you’re writing? I am convinced that writers exude work-related pheromones. Much like the pheromones that pour off adults when they’re getting intimate that immediately inspire the baby to cry, these…
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The Constant Juggle
My daughter found out I’d taught myself to juggle 20 years back and now wants me to teach her. I’m having to re-learn myself. I wasn’t a master at it, but I could do a few tosses before I lost the groove. Then things happened – you know, college, work, being dumb with your friends…
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40
I’m newly 40. I think the culturally accepted response for Western women when confronted by this number is to freak out. But I don’t feel this way, truth be told. The thing is, I look around at everyone else (Don’t you roll your eyes and sigh at me, young man! You do it, too!), like…
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I Need Clean Undies…
I hope this is a joke or something… Maybe something that truly exposes what kind of a luddite I really am? Hopefully? See, my fear is that if it works there, who else will pick it up?
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