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I have for a long while enjoyed a serious case of pen lust. I am known to spend too much time searching pen sites for the next pen, and then make extensive wish lists as I drool on the computer keyboard. So not pretty. Contrary to what some folks say: a pen is a pen [...]
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One of the most challenging things you will encounter as you write your personal stories is the need to tell the truth. Most of us live our lives with so-called acceptable versions of the truth, truths stripped of as much pain as possible, truth that is at best faint, at its worst no where near [...]
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Everyone who writes or wants to write needs to carry a notebook and pen. It doesn’t matter whether you write notes to yourself, grocery lists or ideas–you need a notebook with you at all times. Ideas can be flighty, if you don’t capture them when they land, they’ll be gone, too often for good. You [...]
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To write, you need so very little. You need an honest heart. And some paper. – Heather Sellers, Page After Page Writing, as too few of us seem to remember (I include myself in this), is first of all a practice. Something we need to do every day, like brushing our teeth. Without practice, writing [...]
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The older I get the more important balance becomes. I have less room for over-indulgence in things that aren’t good for me simply because my body takes longer to recover from any badness. It’s a fact of life, but in many ways also a relief. It is relatively easy to notice when my body isn’t [...]
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