Category Archives: Personal Success
“Enjoy Your Tea”.
Sometimes I have been called a curmudgeon. I’m not sure if that is accurate or not. I can see why some might use the term to describe me, though. I do sometimes enjoy rants against things that annoy me. I call out the plastic, superficial nature of our society quite often. 90% of the shiny objects …
Permission Granted: Proceed to Write.
Writers at every stage of development have heard certain advice over and over again. -Show, don’t tell. -Read as much as you can. -Write every single day. -Join a writer’s group. -Avoid passive voice. -Be 90% business person, 10% writer. -Find your voice. -Write what you know. -Believe in yourself. I could add more to …
Our Best Interest.
Some have accused me of not acting in my own best interests often enough. It’s possible. I think the line between acting in one’s best interest, and being straight up self-centered is a thin one in some cases. Unlike many people more successful than myself, I’d much rather err on the side of not acting in my …
Fruition Block: Forget “Should”.
“Writer’s block” comes about when a writer believes they can’t think of anything to write. They have nothing to say, and don’t know how to go about finding something to say. I don’t believe in it, because I feel that by acknowledging it, I give it power. So I just keep writing something, anything, when I have …
The Days of Change and Promise.
Scintilla Bonus Prompt: What is it that you’re sure you’ll never forget about being this age? We all have epochs and eras in our lives. Despite the fact that on some fundamental level I have felt the same at every age, (weird, I know) I am no exception to this tendency. And I am in …
Ty Unglebower 