doubt
November 18, 2009
- Ever work on a story and know in your gut it's not working. Of course, everybody feels that way sometime, but what if the feeling won't go away?The same happened to me, and will happen again, with the novel I'm writing. Weeks passed, and I couldn't shake the sense that the story wasn't working. It got so bad that pulling out the laptop each day was an act of faith.Then it hit me-my plot was ...
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November 8, 2009
- About the book The Depth of My Soul is my first book and it was published on January the 9th 2009. The idea behind the title ethnology is my depth to cover general circumstances that happen in our daily live. In the book, I also cover issues we sometimes have problems expressing our opinions about like wars, genocides, dictatorships, abuse, corruption, torture, ...
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October 17, 2009
- Letting Go Over the past month, I have shared my worries and excitement concerning the publication of my memoir. To be completely honest, I was unprepared for the emotional exhaustion that accompanies publication. I've been an emotional wreck. I fretted over the few copies of Musical Chairs that escaped with a few typos and the fear of eminent judgment and misinterpretation of my words, but ...
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October 16, 2009
- I used to be a Presbyterian minister. That was back in the days before they found a cure (rim shot). But seriously, folks, take my Bible—please!I kid. Well, not about being a Presbyterian minister. I really was one, in Omaha, Nebraska, serving a little church called Florence Presbyterian. When I tell people I used to be a minister I get a variety of reactions, but when I say “in Omaha,” ...
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July 12, 2009
- If you're anything like me, you'll have your very own "writing demon" - an internal self-defeating little joy-sucker who spends his or her time telling you that nothing you ever do will be any good. I keep toying with the idea of giving mine a name. He might get named after somebody I know at work who spends all her time creating trouble and causing disharmony, impacting on other ...
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April 24, 2009
- I have a couple of gripes, sorry for posting them: sometimes I can't help myself. First: What happened to unbiased reporting?I seem to remember there being a basic tenet of of news that reporters were to report on the news to the best of their ability, to show all sides, to dig deep and figure out the truths of the story. I honestly remember that being part of the curriculum in my Social Studies ...
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March 11, 2009
- ...that writing about questioning writing might be a faux pas in a writing-centric web community. Ah, well. To not admit having doubts is to fear them.
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February 22, 2009
- Tonight, as everyone knows, is the Oscars ceremony. I have to admit that I did not see many of the movies, not because of time, but because I cannot watch films that involve some kind of trauma. It’s not an anti-violence thing with me. I used to see all kinds of movies.But within the last 10 years, something inside me started reacting to scenes in which characters were emotionally or ...
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October 30, 2008
- Well, I think I'm in. I've registered, I've given a bit of a profile and now I am getting started. I have no idea what I am getting myself into...what on earth will I have when all is said and done? A novel if I work it right...
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October 22, 2008
- Have Rove or McCain thought about what's going to happen when Barack Obama wins the presidential election?Have they considered that all the people they rile up are going to need someplace to vent their frustrations when Obama wins? Have they considered how all the fear they have instilled in these people might burst out as anger and violence the day of the election?Of course not. Why? Because ...
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