I’ll start off by saying that I don’t really think that writer’s block is an excuse, but at the same time it’s also not broken fingers. The psychology of the situation is beyond me, but it’s also not like trying to type with broken fingers. Although there may be some real manifestations of something like […]
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I figure a lot of people who read this blog have read Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money–That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not! (Miniature Edition). One repeated phrase in the book is to “pay yourself first”. As a writer hoping to be a novelist, this advice
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I have to admit. I haven’t been writing anything creative lately. I have been blogging for money a bit and trying to build up websites using the Keyword Academy Method which I highly recommend. I have been writing resumes and cover letters for the horrible pursuit of employment. I have been writing emails to friends
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I’ve wanted to be a novelist since I was in middle school… maybe before that, but memories get fuzzy and ideas of what I wanted become a bit more simplistic – like pie, a skateboard… you know. Not having a lot of money didn’t make me especially business-minded or motivated by material things like it
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Defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as: n. Coolness and composure, especially in trying circumstances. [French : sang, blood (from Old French, from Latin sanguis) + froid, cold (from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *frigidus, alteration of Latin fr?gidus)] Defined by the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary as: n. self-possession or imperturbability especially under strain Etymology: French
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