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Jan.17.2010
My Work Blog A popular quotation of the day prompts us to love what we do, and we will never have to work a day in our lives. There is a certain amount of truth to this statement. In the past I’ve found that doing what you love can be energizing. However, often it doesn’t pay the bills. As a result...
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Jan.10.2010
This week, Red Room asked you to blog on the topic of "My Work." Many of you responded, writing heartfelt essays about your work and your lives.
We've chosen one special writer who blogged to showcase in next week's Blog Topic of the Week email. You'll have to wait until Wednesday to find...
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Jan.08.2010
They call me the poem lady for as you can tell Rhyming is among the things I do well Thepoemlady.com is a place one can go When you need a poem, but verse you don't know I have used this skill to write a children's book It's an important one, that's worth a good look In my real life I prosecute...
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Jan.08.2010
My Work Blog A popular quotation of the day prompts us to love what we do, and we will never have to work a day in our lives. There is a certain amount of truth to this statement. In the past I’ve found that doing what you love can be energizing. However, often it doesn’t pay the bills. As a result...
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Jan.08.2010
Mark Twain once said, “A classic is something that everyone wants to have read, but nobody wants to read.” As an author, I find the same can be said of writing: A book is something everyone wants to have written, but nobody wants to write.
This includes me. Half the time, I hate to write...
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Jan.08.2010
Measure not the work until the day's out and the labour's done. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
I write therefore I am. To tweak Descartes a little. Even he had to take up the pen!
It's what I do, what I have to do. It is the oxygen of life. To live without it is to skate...
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Jan.08.2010
"I'm sorry, Miss. You're overqualified. You should try the Sunday paper." the record store owner apologized as he snatched the Help Wanted sign out of my hands. Did he not notice the black smudges of newspaper ink that covered them from circling countless classifieds? "Have you tried...
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Jan.08.2010
First a psychologist, then a musician, now an author.
That was the opening line to one of my favorite reviews of Accordion Dreams, my Cajun music memoir. (Let the Good Times Roll, East Bay Express.)
It was more author profile than book review. The writer, Bay Area author Anneli Rufus, asked some...
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Jan.08.2010
While writing feeds as well as challenges my spirit, I find that marketing my published book can easily deflate me. So balance is essential: write, market, cook, do yoga, in that order, to keep the engine of productivity lubricated and effective. Some things, like reading and signing events,...
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Jan.08.2010
My Work: “Inn of Our Own”
New Years Eve, my husband and I watched the film ‘Invictus’: The true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team, to help unite their country. I mentioned to my husband that I felt that I have a...
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