What do writers do when they don’t have an idea to write about? What do runners do when they just don’t feel like running? What about the salesperson who doesn’t want to prospect? I guess that depends on a few things—like commitment and determination. Maybe vision as well. As one of my favorite writers, Steven Pressfield,…
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My muse likes sugar. I like sugar also, which makes for a great partnership. Often when I sit down to tackle a particularly ambitious piece of writing, something that is going to keep me at my laptop for a couple of hours, it helps to dose up on sugar first. Sugar appeases the muse, jump starts my mind and gives me that boost…
Read moreI just finished re-reading another great little book, The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield. I have read it several times now. This time I read it for a book club. It’s a guy’s book club. Not that women aren’t allowed or have not been invited. But so far, only guys have shown up. We…
Read moreI was a little apprehensive about this New Year. After all, it is 2013, as in the 13th year of this century. If buildings don’t number a 13th floor because of superstition, why are we having a 13th year? All my fears about 2013 however, were put to rest at our monthly meeting of the…
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