I’m doing a thing…
Wherein I try to coax myself back to the typewriter again.
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Writing
Write what you know…OR do this…
I just started reading the Writer\’s Digest Guide to Magazine Article Writing by Kerrie Flanagan. I\’m barely into the book, but I read a sentence that stopped me in my tracks and I can\’t stop thinking about it. First of all, a little background. I\’ve been a writer for years. Well, for years I was
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Does great writing do this to you?
A late night Twitter gush from yours truly… I’m struggling to articulate what I’m feeling tonight. I feel like I’m drunk. Do you ever feel that way about great writing? I haven’t even read anything life-changing. I mean, it’s the introduction to “The Best American Sports Writing 2013” by J.R. Moehringer. I doubt he intended
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Why ‘FAIL’ is my word of the year…and it should be yours, too
I will tell you a secret I’ve been terrified to admit to anyone I know.
I’ve wanted to write a book — the same book! — since I was fresh out of college. I’ve had the idea for more than 20 years, and the idea has only grown inside me, gnawing at my brain like an urgent, unfinished task.
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