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Continue reading →: A Freelancer’s Uncelebrated Milestones
Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age. – Christopher Morley (1890 – 1957) American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet For some reason, fellow creatives have been asking me for advice lately. I eat raw cookie dough and wear bunny slippers with whiskers and bendy…
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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…

