12/01/12
“Writing is thinking on paper.” – William Zinsser
{Check out that pencil grip!}…
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Posted in: DAILY GRIND, IVY LEAGUE INSECURITIES., ON WRITING, QUOTES., WRITING
11/12/12
Maybe you’ve noticed that my posts here have gotten a bit shorter? Well, they have. And there are several reasons for this. One reason, one important reason, is that my novel needs me. I know that sounds silly, maybe even…
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Posted in: DAILY GRIND, IVY LEAGUE INSECURITIES., ON WRITING, Online & Onscreen, QUOTES., WRITING
09/21/12
Okay. So it’s officially official: I love doing these Friday Loves. I’m not sure why. It’s something about the show and tell, the sharing and caring, the hunting and gathering, the reveling in things silly and serious, goodies physical and…
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Posted in: BOOKS., DAILY GRIND, Friday Loves, IVY LEAGUE INSECURITIES., ON LIFE, ON LOVE, ON WRITING, Parenthood, QUOTES., READING LIFE, WRITING LIFE, Yummy
07/20/12
Believe me. I know. It’s hard to begin things. It’s hard because we don’t know where to start.
But the truth is that beginning well, as Aristotle says, is often half the work. Often if we just decide to start,…
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Posted in: DAILY GRIND, IVY LEAGUE INSECURITIES., LIFE, ON LIFE, ON WRITING, QUOTES.
06/06/12
…on the days when I get over myself, I write freely and happily. My writer’s life is a loose garment. It’s my baggy silk pajamas. It’s a life where I – and my brain-children – are allowed to come as…
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01/10/12
07/04/09
“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” -Thucydides
“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.” -Mahatma Gandhi
“Man is free at the moment he wishes to be.”…
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07/04/09
“Independence is happiness.” – Susan B. Anthony
“Do not destroy that immortal emblem of humanity, the Declaration of Independence.” – Abraham Lincoln
“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinions; it is easy in solitude to…
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