Projection

I am just about 100% set on this idea: whatever you hate, whatever you rail against and denounce, you do it because of self-hate.  Either you really are (non-white, inexperienced, poor) or you fear you are (gay, too gossipy)…  Really, just think about it.  Take any number of people and analyze the situation.  Yourself, friends [...]

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Writing Tips

Here’s a good site with tips for writing (aka blogging): http://betterexplained.com/articles/build-a-site-you-and-your-readers-will-love/
While I agree with his quality over quantity principle, I think that it is good practice to force yourself to write sometimes.  If you have lots of ideas (whatever the point of your site is) then forcing yourself to write every day or every week [...]

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Motivation

I didn’t know it but apparently the month of November included these events: http://www.nanowrimo.org/ and http://nablopomo.ning.com/
Of course, November isn’t over yet, but I wish I had heard about these earlier.  I have another site (“blog”) which I update M-F, so adding 2 weekend posts would not have been too much of a stretch.  And I keep [...]

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Holiday special

There’s another Columbus writer (I don’t like the word blogger) that I read from time to time, she does excellent restaurant reviews and food related things.  She is (dramatic pause) the Restaurant Widow.  Check out her site if you haven’t already.  http://www.restaurantwidow.com/
Typically Thanksgiving kicks off the “holiday season” where we focus on friends and family [...]

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Giving thanks

I have a lot to be thankful for… but I don’t like getting too personal on this site.  So instead here’s a favorite quote of mine, from an old horoscope (don’t know the date):
I advise you not to wait around to find out if you’re a chosen one.  Choose yourself.
In the same vein, I suggest [...]

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