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Saved by a Play Circle
Apr 14, 2012
It’s always been my conundrum. I’m a writer, therefore I work alone. I work alone too much, I go crazy. I jump back in the world. The world eats up my calendar, and I crave to work alone again. And so it goes.
This year I’ve found the fix. I’ve had the pl…
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Hope -- There's a book for that
Dec 08, 2011
I've been rereading The Writer's Book of Hope by Ralph Keyes. Keyes discusses the hundreds of rejections great writers endured before publishing books like The World According to Garp, Altas Shrugged, All the President's Men, and Gone With the Wind. I find…
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Failing Better
Nov 30, 2011
At a professional development day I attended last week, we were told to plan in two-minute increments, listen to self-help tapes when driving, and multi-task when talking on the phone. We learned that the difference between success and lack thereof boils d…
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Life's Quirky Bits
Nov 15, 2011
I love life’s quirky bits and the things people say and do. It’s like we’re hard wired for greatness, the way we can mend broken hearts and learn to become tolerant.
I had the privilege of teaching a writing program in central Alberta a few years back. I …
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