I used to smoke cigarettes. A lot. If I was out of cigarettes and the stores were closed, no problemo, I’d pick butts out of the ashtray or garbage and smoke them. I’d smoke right when I woke up and right before going to bed. Sometimes I smoked while I ate. I knew it was a foul habit, one… Read More ▶
Finding your voice as a writer is like finding your sound as a musician, finding your brand as a business owner or finding big golden nipple plates as an opera singer. It’s what sets you apart and makes a person stand on their chair, fist in the air and shout, yes, I hear you loud and clear and I likes… Read More ▶
I’ve been sitting here for hours trying to write, which today has meant checking my email, my Facebook page, filing my nails, getting up to stand by the heater, watering my plants, reading the paper, putting away my dishes, calling Mom, etc. It’s now five o’clock, and although my house is spotless and my eyebrows properly plucked, I still have… Read More ▶
by Jen Sincero and Daniel Kusner My friend and fellow scribe Dan is in town and, because we’re so writerly and all, we were discussing what we do when we can’t find that perfect word or phrase to finish out a sentence. He had so many awesome suggestions that I decided he should help me write this article – lucky… Read More ▶
I have a friend who has an extensive owl collection. It all started when she innocently purchased a wooden carving of an owl in front of her mother one afternoon- hmmm, isn’t that cute? – and has led to her being the horrified owner of owl pot-holders, owl clocks, owl earrings, fluffy owl slippers, “I don’t give a hoot!” t-shirts,… Read More ▶
I used to know this lady who helped people get their businesses off the ground. She’d do their books, hire staff, take care of marketing and advertising, stand in the middle of traffic with a sandwich board strapped to her chest – whatever it took to get her clients where they needed to be. I met her when she… Read More ▶
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