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Beware of Companies That Take Advantage of Writers

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Today I was procrastinating about writing my next article. I went into my secondary email account to clean some things up and see if anything really important had come in.
Because I wasn’t focused on what I should have been doing (or because the universe wanted me to see it, so [...]

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Are You Letting the Quest for Perfection Defeat the Good in Your Life?

Voltaire said, “The perfect is the enemy of the good.” Actually Voltaire said, “Le mieux est l’ennemi du bien.” As writers, we need to take these words to heart.
I know when I’m worrying over which font I used, and I’m spending time making sure that all the pages have exactly 25 lines, I [...]

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Where is your ideal writing place?

While I was attending RWA’s National Conference in San Francisco, the Outreach Chapter planned a wonderful nighttime tour of Alcatraz. The prison closed in 1963, but parts of it have been restored.
There is a walking tour and other interpretive programs. I regret that didn’t have more time to explore and learn. I’ll definitely go [...]

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