Why is it that we ignore so much of the advice given to us? Time and time again people told me that reading was going to make me a better writer and while I believed them, I never changed anything about myself to maximize its impact on me. I read without purpose, energy, goals... I was very …
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Closing Out 2014’s Tab
My last post was one of my most read. I don't know if that's because it was pity clicks for my birthday, my first post in a long time, or that you genuinely thought it was funny...But since I don't have my own team of researchers, I'm going to bank on the latter and format …
Book Fest: Just Like the First Day of School
I showed up late to the Brooklyn Book Fest on Sunday, thanks to the 4 train, so I missed my 11am session. With my self esteem already wilting, I now had two hours to mingle, meet people, and take in my favorite, but scariest event of the year. I grabbed the extensive directory and took …
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HAPPY FRIDAY! HAPPY FOLLOW FRIDAY! I found Austin’s book, Share Like an Artist, a couple of weeks ago and he is helping me so much with this blog, my writing life, and probably my regular life too. He is the author of Steal Like an Artist, which I have yet to read but I imagine …
What I’m Working On
I'll try to be transparent about my week-to-week writing efforts. I'll even post some drafts and snippets for everyone to gawk at and tear apart for me. I could always get better at accepting criticism. This week I'm going to try to get back to some creative writing after spending a lot of my writing …
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