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Art and Polarity 23 Aug 2013 | 12:52 pm
As I knew I’d be deep in the North Woods of Maine with no phone access or Internet this week (Help!), I didn’t want to take a chance and not get a WIT up for this week. So, back from last year (June ...
Return of the Foolscap Method 21 Aug 2013 | 01:39 pm
My apologies to everyone who got psyched up, a few weeks ago, to learn more about the Foolscap Method (which I wrote about then in this space and promised to write about again), only to have me drop t...
Bob Dylan Revisited 16 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
Bob Dylan. Image courtesy of Simon & Schuster. Because something is happening here. But you don’t know what it is. Do you, Mr. Jones? —Bob Dylan Bob Dylan has a Twitter account, but I’m about as c...
The 10,000 Hour Rule 14 Aug 2013 | 12:30 pm
This post first ran November 9, 2011. We’re revisiting it today as I approach another deadline and am reminded of those 10,000 hours. I’m not sure whether Malcolm Gladwell was the first to identify t...
Stories Are About Change 9 Aug 2013 | 01:20 pm
In his wonderful book The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz tells the story of Marissa Panigrosso, who worked on the 98th floor of the South Tower of the World...
Why (And How) Creative People Say No 7 Aug 2013 | 01:36 pm
[I never do this---pull a post from another site---but this one is so good (and I am in such passionate agreement with it) that I couldn't resist. Charles Dickens. He knew how to say no. [Thank you,...
Pitching Like A Cy Young Award-Winner 2 Aug 2013 | 06:13 pm
Before your read this post, watch the video below (and then stick with me as I circle back around to why it is being shared). Early in my career I was rooted to the mound, on the throwing end of the ...
Suing Neil Young 31 Jul 2013 | 01:10 pm
Do you remember the infamous incident from the 80s when David Geffen sued Neil Young for recording music that was “not representative” of Neil Young? Suing Neil: Everyone knows this is nowhere I’m t...
Genre Management 26 Jul 2013 | 12:30 pm
This isn't the map to use if you want to go to Frankfurt. Like you, I look forward to Steve’s “Writing Wednesday” posts. I don’t ask to see anything early or cheat and read his stuff before it goes l...
“This Might Not Work” 24 Jul 2013 | 01:42 pm
The phrase above is one of Seth Godin’s trademarks. I love it because, like all of Seth’s stuff, it crams a ton of wisdom into very few words. Does anyone lead from the front more than Seth? What do...
