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Sadly, I have actually done this…

19 January 2011 Jordan 4 Comments

via xkcd.


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Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (formerly The Bookshelf Muse) have added two more books to their Descriptive Thesaurus Collection: The Positive Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Attributes and The Negative Trait Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Character Flaws. To celebrate, they are hosting a race, and not just any … Continue reading Don’t Miss The Writers Helping Writers AMAZING RACE! →

Avoiding burnout

So I set a goal to finish my revisions by May 25th. Ha. Hahaaha. HA! I set the goal because I was having a hard time getting motivated. But in this case, a deadline just made my problem worse. I wasn’t having a hard time focusing and working because I was lazy or distracted. I … Continue reading Avoiding burnout →

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