Here’s what I love about publishing. You’ll never find a group of people who want something so badly. Many of us grew up wanting to be authors or we’ve acquired a deep desire to tell stories for a living. The collective inspiration and aspiration gives me joy pennies for days. I love being around people…
I love my family, and I love all my friends. I love to travel, and I love to eat great food. And Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays (especially because so many of our family traditions center around… let’s be honest… sports). But too much of a good thing is overwhelming to me. And…
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I was giving the Vertical Platforms talk last night, describing some of the changes that were happening at the BFA, and someone made a comment about how cool it was to see us editing our business. And I thought that was the most brilliant way to describe the process of sustainability. So many of us…
Self-care is a skill set. If you’ve never heard of re-parenting before, a lot of the work in that area of psychology is focused around the concept of skill chains and the way we were not fully parented as kids. (And it’s not a “fault” on parents, because when they don’t pass skills along, it’s…
I apologize for this rant, but… The presence of an element in your story does NOT mean it CONTAINS that trope. Tropes are architectural. Just because your book has a grumpy person and a happy person does NOT mean it’s a Grumpy Sunshine trope. As much as I adore the use of tropes as a…
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In my personal development work, I’ve been reading this “step-by-step” book for how to deal with this fear I have of disappointing people or having people not like me. And I was struck by something. I write in a five-year journal every day. Today’s date has one page, and there are spaces to write for…
What if I fail? vs. What happens when I fail? Those two questions are not the same. One is rhetorical, and you know the rule around here. Don’t ask yourself rhetorical questions. “What if I fail?” is a rhetorical question, which means it’s primarily meant to be used to engage rhetoric… which is DIALOGIC. Rhetoric…