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Not in Style

I have never been in style. That doesn’t mean I’m a nerd or a geek; rather, I just don’t care about trends. My mother used to preach never to be “weak-minded,” which in her viewpoint, meant listening to anyone else’s

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Hallucinations of the Conscious Mind

An article on Hallucinations and the Human Subconscious states, “People who experience an event while dreaming will refer to it as a dream, because it occurred in their subconscious. Whereas, if the event had occurred while they were awake-in their

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Creativity

“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.” – Carl Jung (1875 – 1961) “When I am working on

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Interview with Mark David Gerson

Today’s Fiction Friday interview is with author, screenwriter, and lecturer Mark David Gerson. Welcome, Mark David! This Blog Blank: It’s hard to pigeon-hole you with just one label. You’re author, motivational speaker, screenwriter, mentor, photographer. … How do you see

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The Perfect Road to Hell

“I just try to be the best I can be and hope that is the best ever.” – Tiger Woods For many of us, in our quest to improve, we find ourselves inevitably drawn into the abyss of perfection. We

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The Road Yet Taken

If you follow along another’s path, you can only reach where they have gone. Discovery requires one to stray from the path, make a wrong turn, walk where there are no footsteps. That road is not marked. Indeed, ofttimes it

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25 Best Tips for Writers

I’ve gotten a lot of advice since publishing my first novel, most of it contradictory. (Can you hear my teeth chatter from here?) So I’ve set out to gather whatever consensus I could find, from those whom are already successful.

Posted in advice, books, creativity, criticism, critique, editing, fiction, marketing, publishing, writing

Getting Out of the Way

“To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.” ~ Pablo Picasso I sometimes write with my eyes closed. Admittedly, those times are (increasingly) rare, and beautiful, but that makes the fact no less important. This doesn’t mean I’m a

Posted in art, creativity, muse, writer's block, writing
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