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Oct.07.2008
One night last week, a young, four-point buck stumbled onto a narrow stretch of mountain back road a few feet in front of my car. The deer teetered on long, slender legs that failed to move him forward according to his bidding, and he collapsed onto the dirt and gravel, one of his antlers broken,...
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Oct.07.2008
I was listening to a segment of To the Best of Our Knowledge called "Facing the Rest of Your Life,"about when getting older hits you and how you react to it. Specifically, a portion of the program was about guitarist Glenn Kurtz who was a bit of a prodigy as a child and destined for a...
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Oct.07.2008
Now I'm usually not one to get worked up about being disrespected and all that, but damn there are moments.
I've made a living in two predominantly testosterone-driven industries: the auto industry and the tech industry. I know what it feels like to be in the minority -- both as an English major...
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Oct.06.2008
I’m a lucky writer.
I participate in two writing groups that are very supportive, both at meeting time and after. One is based in a Unitarian church, and the small group is well-meaning and cheerful, though the members aren’t regularly published; it’s mostly people who like to write for themselves...
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Oct.05.2008
“You are now a product,” I am told blandly.
It is frightening. The fear was not unfounded when an interviewer asked me:
“You write blogs too, does it give a sense of freedom to be easily politically incorrect?”
My reply: I have always exercised my ability to be politically incorrect, whichever...
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Oct.04.2008
There was the time, an unsubstantiated story goes, that Ed Rickets drove young novelist John Steinbeck over the hill from the Monterey Peninsula, California community of Pacific Grove, to Carmel, just a few miles away, to meet Poet Robinson Jeffers and his wife Una.
This was, oh, maybe the mid...
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Oct.03.2008
I need to go back to my most personal work but I can't.
Nothing to do with writer's block : I've been writing all day for months, thank you.
No. I'll take that last one back. Damn you.
Damn you, American citizens, for being on the verge of electing a couple of "Mavericks" who pledged...
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Oct.02.2008
As an editor and ghostwriter, I've sent more authors out on tour than I can count. And, like many writers, that was fine for awhile. I've preferred to be quietly toiling in the background for some time now. But when you feel like you've had enough of pushing forward the very folks whose biggest...
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Oct.01.2008
This may come as a shock to some, but if you really want to be successful as a writer, the first thing you need to learn is how to be a success without anyone else's help — or NOT expect it — as the case may be.
I cannot believe the number of people with a sense of entitlement and the world-owes-...
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Oct.01.2008
I continue to stick to my regimen of meeting deadlines, campaigning, and resisting the temptation to blog (and it's so hard to resist during this insane election!), but I'm also continuing to upload chapters of Million Dollar Ideas for those who want to keep following the adventures of Ed and...
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