Tag: rant
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Spring: muddy, cold, damp, and smelly. Oh, joy.
Spring is my least-favorite time of year. Yes, yes, I welcome the return of the sun and the arrival of milder weather, I revel in each evening’s extra minute of daylight, and rejoice in the yearly reprieve from ice-related injuries. All of that. Lovely. Fantastic. Spring does make the world leap and bound with joy…
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Boom goes the bad stuff.
I indulged in a minor volcanic eruption of emotional honesty a couple of days ago. The pressure had been building for a long time, and there had been rumbles, but this time I finally went kablooie, complete with poisonous online gassing and a pyroclastic cloud of ash dumped on my life partner. I feel a…
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Writer’s Banes Episode 1: Procrastination and Inspiration
A recent discussion about procrastination on a Facebook board (of all places) got my dander up about the Great Art Versus Boring Grind debate. It’s a false argument that permeates articles about creativity too, and it toasts my temper, it really does. People, procrastination is normal. It’s inevitable. and it’s avoidable. The one thing that…