The Writing Life
Call it being contrary—and I can exhibit the quality—but I make it a point to say good morning to the people I meet during my early morning runs. They are few and far between and typically have ear buds in their ears, but I still make eye contact and at least tip my head in greeting. It’s a way to force myself outside my comfort zone and to seek an encounter.
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When are you supposed to use among or between? The answer lies in the number of people or things involved.
We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies. – Etty Hillesum
Etty Hillesum writes of worries. She could make the same statement about insecurities, and it would hold true. Insecurities rob one of energy. They hold court in the mind. The person wavers, a boat tossed to and fro in the waves. [Read more…] about How to be a Better Writer: Face Your Insecurities
Some time ago (but not in a galaxy far, far away), sometime, sometimes, and some time experienced an identity crisis. When was one word correct and not another?
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I’ve talked about humbleness previously, but it’s a trait worth regular consideration. The humble writer is a growing writer. She views her role and her writing in the right manner. She is more interested in producing a good work than in preserving her ego. [Read more…] about How to be a Better Writer: Choose Humbleness
The writing life – and the life of faith – are ones of continual exercise. Paul tells Timothy to exercise in God daily (1 Timothy 4:6-10, The Message). No spiritual flabbiness is allowed. For the writer who holds her art as a means of exercising both her talent and faith, the same holds true. She has to exercise. She has to train because it makes her fit “both today and forever.”
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