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Writein Lessons from Isak Dinesen

March 2, 2006

\”When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a …

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Top Ten Reasons to get up at 4:30 in the morning…

March 1, 2006

10. No annoying phone calls from irate Republicans who want me to vote for their candidates in the primary Saturday. …

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Here in Camelot, we eat Spam a lot….

February 28, 2006

There\’s a country song I heard once, \”If I had a nickel for everytime I wanted you back …. I\’d …

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The Degeneration of Good Intentions….

February 27, 2006

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. — Peter Drucker My first thought, a question …

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Thoughts about doubt…

February 24, 2006

I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I write and I understand. –Chinese Proverb The rule of …

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The hardest thing to describe in words…

February 21, 2006

I think sounds are the hardest thing to describe. I say this, because I\’m trying to describe someone\’s voice in …

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It\’s the emotions, stupid

February 20, 2006

If you stuff yourself full of poems, essays, plays, stories, novels, films, comic strips, magazines, music, you automatically explode every …

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More great quotes

February 19, 2006

Otherwise known as what I will be pondering as I go run this afternoon…. Everyone has talent. What is rare …

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Once more, with feeling…

February 17, 2006

I am starting another full run through of edits of \”Practical Flying\”. My crit group, bless their little hearts, continue …

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Fat Bodies, Thin Lives

February 16, 2006

\”It is only by following your deepest instinct that you can lead a rich live, and if you let your …

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