The past, the present and future walk into a bar. It was tense.

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The Most Important Voice to Ignore

The best way to get approval is not to need it.
– Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative

Naysayers. When you decided to chase your dream, naysayers will be first in line to try to derail you. To convince you that you’ll never make it. That you shouldn’t even try.

They do this because, deep down, your dream scares them. Because if you enjoy even the smallest degree of success, you remove any excuse they have for not chasing their dreams. Because if you change the dynamics between you and them, they’re afraid of being found wanting.

Don’t listen to naysayers. Not chasing your dream does neither of you any good. It can only turn you into one of them, ready to kill someone else’s dream.

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Hello,

I’m Erica Wall.

Erica Wall, Rubber Ducky Copywriter

Award-winning copywriter.
Real-world creative writer.
Multi-cup-a-day coffee drinker.

Answers to a cat.

Present and ready to write.

Resolutions for 2026

  • Block off three hours a week to write
  • Delegate more to reduce overwhelm
  • Clean up and clean out home office
  • Practice finishing what I start
  • Practice good habits and let results be whatever they’ll be

“If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
> Stephen King

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” 
> Ernest Hemingway

“Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.” 
> F. Scott Fitzgerald

“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
> Douglas Adams

“Creativity is intelligence having fun.” 
>Albert Einstein