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Publishing as Independence

4 Jul 201116 May 2017
"Are you published?" It's the first question an industry outsider will ask, while a fellow writer will get to it eventually, however tactfully. "So tell me about your work!" But…
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Inertia

24 May 20117 Jun 2011
You remember inertia: a body in motion tends to remain in motion; a body a rest tends to remain at rest. This blog has been a rest a few weeks,…
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Time Out

29 Apr 20115 May 2011
My computer has requested a break. It did break. Bad news: my three years of Apple Care have recently expired, and it's a defective logic board. "Sounds expensive," I say. "Very," says…
Brain…

Well Manicured Writing

5 Apr 2011
  What is it about a torn fingernail that demands to be torn, bitten, or sanded smooth? Why can't a loose tooth or burned palate be ignored?   We seem…
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Snow Days

23 Mar 201122 Apr 2011
In Arizona's lower elevations, snow days fraternize with tooth fairies and abominable snowmen--except when your school includes campuses in other climates, and their respective snow days bump the national calendar…
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“Let Silence Do the Heavy Lifting”

17 Mar 201118 Mar 2011
"Let silence do the heavy lifting." -- Susan Scott Lauren Owen quoted this in "10 Ways to Avoid Death by Meetings," suggesting we "give people some time to respond. As…
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Stories from College Drop-In Steve Jobs

1 Mar 201110 Mar 2011
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward. You can only connect them looking backwards, so you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have…
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A Slice of Sky

26 Jan 201126 Jan 2011
As soon as I discovered William Herschel's music and bio on KBAQ, I wanted to adopt the man as an honorary ancestor. William Herschel (Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel) professional musician and…
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“Divers Patter, Dabblers Explode”

22 Jan 201125 Jan 2011
I love this sign at a preserve: "Divers Patter, Dabblers Explode." These are ducks. The sign explains that Dabblers, such as wigeons, teals, pintails, shovelers, and mallards, have large wings…
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Friday Flick: The Train of Thought

31 Dec 201027 Jan 2011
Enjoy a mini writer's retreat experience with author and--I think you could call her a creative activist--Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Her Mission Amy KR #48: "Invite strangers to meet at the…
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Therapeutic Draft

15 Dec 201029 Dec 2010
Almost everyone I meet admits to a book-writing dream, usually a flaming bestseller about what the aspiring author has suffered: twelve chapters detailing the ordeal, and one on the happy…
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Four Seasons

14 Dec 201029 Dec 2010
It's finally autumn in the Arizona valleys; it lasts about a week. I think I mentioned this before—along with my tree where the spring buds opened on the east before…

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