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The Simple Art Of The Impossible

This is later than when I normally write, usually by now I’m playing Mario Kart on the DS, or having a lovely chat with a lovely person or I’m impatiently waiting for something to download so I can...

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The ‘Welcome To Writer Fight Club’ Sale

The road to publication is a tough one. Putting aside for the moment the fact that you actually have to write a book, the expense of getting it looked at, edited, and published can be far more than a...

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On Teflon and Over-commitment

The original seed for this post is from months ago, and I’ve toyed with several drafts of it since then, but it’s only been in the last week or so that I’ve been able to express the ideas in a way that...

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Love What You Make

Trigger warning for suicide, addiction, recovery, self-harm. But it gets better. First of February. Super Bowl Sunday. Many people will be happily around a TV, beer in hand, cheering on a game marked...

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Jumping Out Of The Plane

Let’s take a break from the discussions of my terminal condition and the heartache, and talk about something positive. I’m in a fair bit of pain so let’s talk about something practical and safe and...

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Realism, Created Realism, and Creative Liberty

While you’re reading this, I’m a doctor’s appointment. But since almost anything is going to be better to hear about than my thrilling adventures paying $11 an hour for parking and shuffling from exam...

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Coaching, Its Benefits, And You

Good morning writers and creators of cool things, often with words. On Wednesday of last week, I announced the return of my Coaching program, and am happy to say that more than a few (certainly more...

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Motivation: Internal, External, and Why You Need To Figure It Out

Good morning everyone. So many of the things I write have an idea that gets birthed in a conversation where at some point I’ve reached a critical mass of frustration or passion. For many years, I have...

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Ten Art Commandments

I have a less than secret love for hip-hop. I was in school during the East Coast West Coast rap feud, and I eventually went West Coast in it because I thought Puffy/Puff Daddy/P Diddy/...

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Showdown at the NaNo Corral

It’s day 2 of NaNoWriMo, and if you’ve been a long-time reader of this blog, you know I’m not NaNo’s biggest fan. While it’s a great tool for building discipline, the amount of production (50k isn’t a...

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Stop Aspiring, Start Doing

“I’m an aspiring author.” I hear those words a lot. I read them a lot in tweets and emails. And we’re going to talk about them this morning. Good morning, welcome to Friday, good job getting through...

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