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Crisis Management
Once, on a job interview, one of the questions posed this dilemma: I was faced with three crises at once. How would I set priorities to address each one to avoid a disaster? I must have answered well enough because … Continue reading
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Tagged deadlines, goal setting, the writing life, writing, writing contests
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Does It Pay To Pay?
I belong to several online writers’ groups. One discussion that keeps recurring is: Should you pay to enter a writing contest? I’m not talking about the obvious scams or “contests” that are no more than money makers for the “sponsors” … Continue reading
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Tagged contests, the writing life, writers, writing, writing contests
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A (Non-Tax) Deadline Approaches
Deadlines. They seem so far away when I first pencil them into my plans and schedules. But time speeds by, other unavoidable tasks crop up, or I underestimate the difficulty of the project. I try, try to train myself to … Continue reading
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Tagged contests, deadlines, publishing, the writing life, writing
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Rejuvenation III
I wrote about getting an emotional lift from gaining a new follower. I also wrote about the consolation of sharing the experience of “rejection” with other writers. A third thing I sometimes do to get out of my pit of … Continue reading
Rejuvenation II
In my previous post I talked about an emotional lift I got from gaining a new follower for this blog. That was in response to being “stuck” due to the sense that I was not reaching a single reader. But … Continue reading
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Tagged publishing, rejection, the writing life, writing
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