Tag: writing
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I have been a rebel my entire life. In fact, my husband at times teases me for my resistance to authority, categorization and commitment. Mine is not the in-your-face rebellion that word brings to mind, it’s more of a subtle refusal to slip into any one category for people’s comfort. So, it would make sense…
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Ten years ago, I was a college graduate working my first real job during the country’s financial crisis. I was living back at home with my parents, nursing a fresh breakup and insecure. It was not the adulthood I had pictured during high school or college.
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David Sedaris is a national treasure. Over the past few years, I’ve grown fond of his writing. I like that he chronicles the day-to-day, the normal stuff. Sometimes I like to follow along his stories comparing them with my own life.
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Unfortunately, or fortunately, i’m interested in a lot. I dabble. I like writing books (and I’m working on one), I like blogging, I like creating videos… and a ton of other stuff. So, I struggle with consistency because as you can imagine, there’s pretty much no effin’ way to do all the above consistently all…
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We all have ideas. Whether you believe they posses the same magic as I do, everyone has experienced the various ways ideas come to you, leave you, and once in a while, are made manifest through you.
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In the advent of photography online, there are a number of web sites popping up offering beautiful, craft photography that was previously unavailable to creators who were visually handicapped–– fo’ free.
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I’ve picked up a habit from back in my journalism days at UF. My first writing teacher there challenged us to become observers finding the interesting story in our day-to-day surroundings. In one particular exercise, she tasked us to leave class and go walk around campus to find a story. The direction was simple: observe…
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I’ve been procrastinating on finishing my book. Every time I think of it so much disappointment builds I end up avoiding it more. It’s painful to want something so bad and yet not commit to finishing it. Have you ever struggled with this?
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Although the title of this post may suggest I’m not an advocate of storytelling while under the influence, that would be wrong. Actually, if you can stay focused on your message while drinking, we should probably meet and be friends. But for those of us who aren’t Hemingway…