From the monthly archives:

February 2010

Feasting on a ‘Taste’

February 19, 2010
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You ever  have one of those days where time gets away from you? When you have ten hours’ worth of “to-do” items and maybe six hours in which to do them? That pretty much sums up life as I know it. So many grand plans, so little time in which to execute. We all choose [...]

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Ouch. My Writing Reality Check

February 8, 2010
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The last four months have been the most productive of my life in terms of fiction output. I’ve cranked out almost 90,000 words on this novel draft and written more blog topics and consistently recorded morning pages and signed my first fiction contract (for a short story, but I’ll take it). Even though the novel [...]

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Writing as Its Own Reward

February 4, 2010
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Yesterday morning, I woke up at five-thirty and went through my morning ritual: brewed a pot of assam tea, wrote three pages in my journal, and advanced my current novel by another 1,000-plus words. The day went downhill from there. The fraud department from my bank, JPMorgan Chase, called to let me know that someone [...]

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How Writing Whittles My Waist

February 3, 2010
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You’ve probably heard the advice about choosing one, and only one, goal to pursue. The idea is that you’ll increase your chances of success because you’re focusing your attention. Consider time, that elusive resource we never have enough of – even though we all technically have the same amount: 24 hours per day. If I [...]

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