Do The Math!

“Go down deep enough into anything and you will find mathematics.” ~Dean Schlicter I was surprised recently during a conversation with my left-brained friend, Maureen. I was complaining about the

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Quantifiable Goals

“If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.” ― Yogi Berra National Novel Writing Month 2014 has come and gone and I’m happy. The ginormous

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Fall: When The Wrimos Gather

“When asked, ‘How do you write?’ I invariably answer, ‘one word at a time.’” – Stephen King When the leaves in central Ohio begin to turn, I think of two

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Hard Copies

“I’m all for the scissors. I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.” Truman Capote, Conversations With Capote, by Lawrence Grobel, 1985 I spent last week

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A Long While

“Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” – Henry David Thoreau Last month during National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)

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Reverse NaNoWriMo

“Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very’; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” – Mark Twain National Novel Writing

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It’s Too Big!

“That’s the magic of revisions – every cut is necessary, and every cut hurts, but something new always grows.” ― Kelly Barnhill Last year during National Novel Writing Month I

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We Are Not Alone

“The reason we race isn’t so much to beat each other but to be with each other.” – Christopher McDougall, author of  BORN TO RUN I like National Novel Writing

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Exuberant Imperfection

“The world is a lot more fun when you approach it with an exuberant imperfection.”  – Chris Baty, NaNoWriMo founder and author of No Plot? No Problem! It’s day two of

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That Nasty Little Voice

“Eventually you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.” – George Sheehan, columnist, cardiologist, running legend When I woke today, that

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