Monthly Archives: January 2014

In Your Best Interest

“Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We cannot avoid pain, but we can avoid joy.” – Tim Hansel So tell me, really, what do you want to do here?  You know as do I that the road to publication … Continue reading

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Circumstances beyond my control

“Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.” ― Benjamin Disraeli I often hear the complaints of aspiring writers who tell me “my day just got off track and I couldn’t get it back”. The … Continue reading

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Getting it Right

“Any man who keeps working is not a failure. He may not be a great writer, but if he applies the old-fashioned virtues of hard, constant labor, he’ll eventually make some kind of career for himself as writer.” — Ray … Continue reading

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Resolve

  “There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love; there’s only scarcity of resolve to make it happen.” ― Wayne Dyer The questions writers ask themselves can be daunting, and self-defeating. We often second … Continue reading

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Getting Started

  “It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed.”― Theodore Roosevelt Failures are really opportunities to learn new things, learn ways to do better and also to “do over”.  Too often we have outgrown … Continue reading

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