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My Mom Thinks I Write Well, So

June 3, 2010
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The rest of you could be people I know and love, or maybe you’re a blogger who’s been hanging out with me in this weird party for the last few years. It’s okay that I’m not sure who you are. It shouldn’t really matter.

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Generation BlahBlah

March 23, 2010
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Sure, we’re a bit** more agile with technology, but everyone else is catching up fast. Sure, that’s given us a bit of a unique profile when it comes to brands that want to sell us things and employers who want to keep us happy, but that’s their rat race.

You’re still buying things, and you probably work for someone.

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On An Island

February 10, 2010
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As a blogger, though, I’ve spent a lot of my written words pushing for a few common endeavors within the community. One of them is transparency; I think blogging is at it’s best when we try to be concise and honest. The other is confidence; I think personal bloggers write themselves towards a voice that represents them, and the more they write the closer we all get to the good stuff.

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Investigate Your Value

December 10, 2009
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We shouldn’t be talking about what really matters, as bloggers. As writers. As gardeners, managers, executives, joggers, eaters. It should not ever ever be a question as to quantity and quality. It should never be a discussion about whether we are all in a room looking to score the most points or whether we’re looking to help one another be better versions of ourselves.

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Looking Back

June 30, 2009

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!In honor of the 20SB Blogger Carnival*, I went back to my old blog and wanted to share with all of you my very first post, because it’s a great one.  It has newbie written all over it, even though [...]

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You Know Things

June 8, 2009

I had an interesting conversation this weekend with someone who didn’t know that I blog.*
I also had an interesting conversation with someone who didn’t know that I played soccer.
Conversations can get pretty quirky when you’re talking with someone, they take the authoritative position on a subject right away and you let them do so. [...]

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(the family blog)

April 27, 2009

i discovered this morning that the family blog i’d started for my aunts, uncles, and cousins to keep in touch just had its sixth anniversary.
i’m not sure what about that surprises me the most.
the fact that my mother’s been blogging for six years.
or the fact that ANY group-type blog could last that long without falling [...]

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(how to write fiction)

January 27, 2009

i found this on lfar’s tumblr, and i think it was on a bunch of other people’s tumblrs but i really don’t get how tumblr sharing works so i’m just gonna credit lfar with it and leave it at that.
Kurt Vonnegut’s 8 Rules for Writing Fiction.
1. Use the time of a total stranger in such [...]

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(not quite artistic)

January 6, 2009

nine minutes and i’m off to the gym and then back to work.
i get into the office when i’m late around 8am and when i’m early by 7am, but since i usually work until about 7pm i figure it’s all fair in the end.
my PC laptop broke and my macbook didn’t, which is something i’ll [...]

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(how to blog revisited)

November 19, 2008

REVISTED, 2008.
how to blog by tony pierce, 110.
revisited for 2008 by d.
1. write every day.
2. if you think youre a good writer, write twice a day.
3. dont be afraid to do anything. in fact if youre afraid of something, do it. then do it again. and again.
4. cuss like a sailor.
5. don’t tell your mom, [...]

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