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Stupid Human Brain Tricks and Your Productivity

Posted on March 8, 2013 by

I love being a writer. It’s one of my main reasons for living, but it’s tough sometimes. Okay, it’s tough a lot of the time. Sometimes the enemy is my own brain. Even the most facile thinker can have problems … Continue reading →

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2012 By The Monkeys

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

No, not those monkeys. They don’t even spell their name that way. Although I would pretty much let Davy Jones post anything he wanted, if he were still alive. Since Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith are not available and Micky … Continue reading →

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Super Italicize Me!

Posted on August 12, 2012 by

Authors have been pondering this question since Og figured out he could write dirty limericks on the cave walls with a charred stick: Why didn’t I just become a doctor like my mother wanted? Well…that, and how the heck are … Continue reading →

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Five-Star Reviews Make My Day

Posted on March 25, 2012 by

I’d been having a bad day. I was trying to get too much done at once, the Madagascar hissing cockroaches escaped from their pen, and I’d allowed various disappointments to take up too much real estate in my head. Then … Continue reading →

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More Reasons Why I Hate Your Website

Posted on September 14, 2011 by

A while back, I wrote a post about irritating website features. I’ve just done another round of heavy Internet research, and ran into more disturbing trends–not as much in the data, but in the execution. Maybe these features sounded like … Continue reading →

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How to Heighten the Tension In Your Novel

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

Your novel’s protagonist has a goal. It could be as simple as bouncing back from heartache or as complex as saving the world from an evil genius and his army of giant, irradiated Madagascar hissing cockroaches. But if your character … Continue reading →

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How to Love Editing Your Novel, Step One

Posted on March 30, 2011 by

Over ten years ago, a close friend died from cystic fibrosis. The courage with which he conducted his life, doing all the things he loved, touched me deeply. I wanted to honor his memory by writing him into my next … Continue reading →

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Five Reasons Why I Hate Your Web Site

Posted on February 9, 2011 by

I’m a writer, which means I spend a lot of time on Facebook and reading my friend’s blogs doing research on the web. Consequently, I must have landed on more pages than ex-Senator Mark Foley. Many of these sites are … Continue reading →

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Hocus Focus

Posted on January 8, 2011 by

At latest count, I had a half-dozen projects in the works. Being the good little Franklin-Covey acolyte that I am (hey, don’t laugh, it works…at least for me), each of these projects is divided into its own sub-projects, which are … Continue reading →

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