Not so smart You know how I love to rollerblade, right? Possibly more than running. I'm wondering if there's a rollerblading marathon, because while I'm up to easily running 8 miles, I can't imagine making…
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This, I'm guessing, is not news to you: When your heart breaks, you actually feel the pain in your chest. And when you are in love, your heart swells, pounds, aches...to burst—the physical sensation is…
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When I tell someone that I'm a writer, I watch their minds float away behind their eyes. They're painting a picture - the likes of a Polaroid, after it's been shaken and blown on. The…
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This (image to the left) is a tile that I have in my home. It sings the praises of the Cancerian. I know that because I used to have the one that, in equal measure,…
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It didn't take long after starting college for me to develop a furious eating disorder. I was simultaneously trying to fill an achingly empty hole in my heart and attempting to get a grip on…
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I was working with a delightful blogger/copywriter-to-be yesterday in my consulting capacity - and she asked me this: How do you get yourself to write everyday, how do you get yourself into the habit of…
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When I started Writing Roads, and I started hawking my services, almost across the board, people asked me for the same thing: my portfolio. They wanted to see my work. I know, it's shocking. I…
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Over the last few weeks I've received quite a few 'how' questions from readers and clients. How do you get it all done? How do you write every day? How do you deal with writer's…
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One of the best things about walking out from behind your computer screen and going to conferences is meeting people that heretofore you only knew as an avatar. Let me fill you in on something.…
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I love doing interviews because they make me consider things that I either think about a lot and never say out loud or completely take for granted and don't think about enough. When someone asks…
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