Some Final Thoughts on 2014
This year is about to come to an end. Just a few hours left and it will gasp its final breath. We will count down the seconds, watch a glowing ball of light descend a few feet, we will kiss our…
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Tag Archive: goals
A Dispatch to the Future: Horses, Robots, & The End of the World
What I am writing in this post has already become irrelevant. Writers have an uneasy relationship with time. They often aren’t appreciated until they cross their arms and lay down in a coffin. Writing, by its very nature, is communication with…
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Then, Who Won the Space Race?
My last post on why “America Did Not Win The Space Race” ruffled some feathers on Reddit and Twitter. So before I go further let me put a few things straight: 1. Americans walked on the Moon. Period. Moon landing…
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Why Everyone Still Loves Hitler
For someone we claim dislike so much we seem to reference him all the time. In political discussions especially. There is no better way to score cheap points with your base than to draw some kind of tangential connection between your…
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Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2015 Edition
At the beginning of last year I wrote a post about how it seems like everyone has an inexplicably strong set of feelings about New Year’s Resolutions. Not much has changed since. Some decry Resolutions as an act of futility…
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Obligatory New Year’s Post: 2014
If you own or operate a blog in the English-speaking world it’s required by law of all Current & Former Members of the British Empire that you compose a post within the first two (2) weeks of the year to…
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Sushi & the Craft of Writing
I recently watched the documentary “Jiro Dreams of Sushi.” It’s a great film (available on Netflix). Beautifully shot, well-constructed, nicely edited. I highly recommend it for anyone who loves sushi, Japanese culture, and/or people who take craft seriously. It’s the…
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A Quick Guide to Online Writing Gigs
There are good ways to search for online writing work, and there are frustrating ways to search for online writing work. You can quickly find yourself spinning your tires trying to race other bidders to the bottom instead of collecting…
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Learn to Get Burned: Overcoming Your Fear of Rejection
If you are serious about this writing thing, you are going to have to show your writing to people. Stop being precious about it. Stop being scared of rejection. Every writer gets rejected. Deal with it. Here’s how: Crawl Rejection…
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Goaltending: The Path to A Happy Writer Life
If you want to get the most out of your writing life you need to know where you’re going and how to get there. Otherwise you will continue wandering in ceaseless circles, frustrated with your lack of progress. Choose a…
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