January 10th, 2009 at 9:59pm |
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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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September 9th, 2008 at 4:04pm |
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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August 15th, 2008 at 8:10pm |
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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