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The Seasons Change and So Do I
Target had mittens on sale today. The high was ninety. Granted, ninety is an ice storm compared to a line of never-ending days over a hundred. But mittens? The sales department in Minnesota should take...
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New Tools
In his book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell calls the time it takes to be good at something the 10,000-Hour Rule. That’s how long it takes. 10,000 hours. That’s twenty hours a week for ten years. Cherry’s...
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Full Tilt
I’m ready for the final turn on SCHOOLED. Most of my Beta Reads are back. One was so good, so concrete, I felt myself nodding at every red-lined comment. The things I knew were wrong–are wrong. The...
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Review: Uncertainty
I read Jonathan Fields’ book, Uncertainty: Turning Fear and Doubt Into Fuel For Brilliance, on the recommendation of Justine Musk. Read what she had to say about it here. I was drawn to the title...
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Longhand Hell
I’m writing again or I should say, TYPING. The work in progress was a 2010 NaNoWriMo rough draft, now dubbed, Tribal Lament. The good news: the story is better than I remembered. The bad news: my...
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2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 600 people reached the top of Mt. Everest in 2012. This blog got about 6,500 views in 2012. If...
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What’s been the biggest obstacle in your life so far? When you’re standing on top of a giant pile of rocks, the worst thing you can do is over-think your descent. One foot in front of the other, slide...
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