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Are You a Writer? Does Writing Make You Happy as Your Day Job?
I volunteer at the San Francisco Writers Conference doing my “get sh!t done” thing. Specifically, I do logistical management of the 8-minute consultations (previously of just the editors, now of all of them). Having done this for several years with a core group of editors, I’ve become well known for my ability to perform scheduling…
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How to Learn to Love Your Language: Insult with Style
*** DISCLAIMER: I am not advocating being nasty or hurting people’s feelings.Just being creative when you are and might. *** One of the best reasons to have an expansive vocabulary is so that you can insult people with style. Crassly insulting someone/thing in public is generally frowned upon. For example, “you’re f-ing ugly” is a…
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Post-Apocalyptic: Current Events or Fantasy Genre?
I read large quantities of fantasy because reading for myself is an escape. I want something dramatic to happen quickly, I want magic, “mythical” creatures and/or futuristic technology, and I want the bad guy to die violently (even if reincarnated for the next book) in the end. I’m a big fan of the Paranormal and…
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Creative Balance: It Does More than Just Prevent Falls
I’ve been thinking about balance a lot lately. It keeps sneaking up on me in different ways: diet, sleep, life/work, falling, or not falling. So, let’s start at the beginning. According to dictionary.com, there are 29 definitions for balance; I’ll just stick with the first one: a state of equilibrium or equipoise; equal distribution of…
