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Oct.26.2008 My answer to the age old question....Why I write? I just joined RedRoom, and I thought that answering this question will give people a better understanding of who I am. Why I write? I write to release all of my pent up creativity. I write to get rid of all my pent up emotions. I write to tell a story, as simple as that sounds, its true. ...	Sep.30.2008 A Writer-to-Writer Pep Talk (Written Originally for NaNoWriMo) You’re hearty stock. This is obvious. You don’t have prissy notions about the muse as some airy thing that sometimes does and sometimes does not alight on your shoulder. And I like this about you. It is, in fact, one of your most endearing qualities. If you look at the world one way...
Sep.29.2008 Cooking Up an Idea All weekend, I've been puzzling over a "what happened then" element in my new proposal. It's been making me crazy because no matter how many notes I jotted down, how many creative naps I took, how many brainstorming sessions I had with John, it wasn't coming to me. Then I decided to make...	Sep.19.2008 Creativity Cut Short? My friend Gil Mansergh did his master's thesis on creativity in children, and his e-mail brought up some interesting points. He said: "Researchers have attempted to quantify 'creativity' for over 80 years, but so far, no test administered to children has proven to accurately predict who will...
Aug.30.2008 The Creative Spark Where does it come from, and how do we call upon it, nurture it and sustain it? Having taught art and writing for many years, I've come to the conclusion that once we call it forth, it feeds on itself, like a hurricane over open water. The trick is coaxing it our of hiding in the first place, and...	Jul.17.2008 Writing a novel on the move Originally posted at - http://www.cementum.co.uk This is a post I’ve been meaning to do for a while now, considering all the traveling I’ve been doing with work and such. I got the urge again after a recent Anchored Author post by Tracy, so hopefully this will come in useful to a few people, but...
Jun.22.2008 Weather...or Not, One Must Write. And Market, Market, Market. We're coming down from a heat wave here in Northern California, so I think I just might be able to get back to work—not my bread-and-butter work, but revising and expanding my next book. Heat prostrates me, and I long for the coast. Fortunately, we're not too far from it here, but far enough away...	Mar.26.2008 Renewal at the Coast I've always had what I, at least, consider a special relationship with the sea. It's very near where I was born (in Santa Cruz, California), and where I go whenever I seek rest and renewal. It has been the perfect place to be this week. Soon, my taxes will be due, and soon, I will be on the road,...
Mar.13.2008 10 Tips For Being Good in a Room The meeting is set, and there's a lot at stake. You're going to get one chance to effectively communicate the value of your project to the decision-maker. Take advantage of your opportunity by following these tips: 1. Accept the water If you’re asked at the beginning of the meeting, “Can I get...

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