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Continue reading →: Letting Go of Writer’s Perfection
We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. – Ernest Hemingway Quotes and personal experience are my inspirational dream team for Rubber Ducky Copywriter. So when I came across this quote from Papa Hemmingway, a writer who can be (and often is) considered a…
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Continue reading →: Facing My First Creative Writing Rejection
It must be humbling to suck on so many levels. – Dr. Sheldon Cooper, Big Bang Theory Last month, I submitted an entry to a minor writing contest in a major publication. It was an exercise in stepping outside my comfort zone and part of my writer’s resolutions for 2013.…
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Continue reading →: Simplicity: Your Antidote for First-Project Fear
I get the ball, I throw the ball, and then I take a shower. – Mariano Rivera, Pitcher for the New York Yankees You got the gig. You have your mission. Now what? Every new project sends shivers of terror and giddiness down the spine. Your imagination starts churning—and not…
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Continue reading →: How to Win a Stare Down with the Blank Page
You can’t think yourself out of a writing block, you have to write yourself out of a thinking block. – John Rogers, Kung Fu Monkey, 06-25-11 The blank page can be intimidating. And when you get into a staring down with it, you know you’re gonna be the first to…
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Continue reading →: Keeping Silent: A Book Lover’s Personal Victory
The love of books is among the choicest gifts of the gods. – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Beads of perspiration crowned my brow. I cringed with every crack of the poor book’s spine, every wrinkle of its pages. The offender gentleman sitting across from me on the train took no…
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