Category Archives: Personal Success

Frank Thoughts and Current Status

Confidence is important for any endeavor. And I have it when it comes to my writing about 90% of the time. (I don’t think any writer is 100% confident 100% of the time.) And I’m building confidence in my self-publishing abilities as the launch date for Thank You for Ten: Short Fiction About a Little Theater …

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Negative? Negative.

Throughout my life, I’ve had issues with negativity. That’s a loaded statement, that can be taken any number of ways, depending on who reads it, and what their relationship to me happens to be. So, allow me to parse. On the surface it sounds as though I’m admitting to being a negative person. I am not, …

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Still Too XYZ

The other day I was going way back in this blog’s history, and even back into the Too XYZ days. The initial intent was to go back and remove comments and in some cases guest posts from former friends of mine who have either stopped talking to me, or in a few cases straight up …

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It’s a Business. Every…Single…Time

A much beloved ball player goes to play for his city’s arch rival without the slightest bit of regret. From him we hear, “hey, sports is a business.” A highly intelligent, groundbreaking television show with a vehemently loyal fan base that happens to be the wrong age and thus isn’t profitable overnight is cancelled after …

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MMXIV

Happy New Year. It’s a tricky time for bloggers. A goal-setting, welcome to the new year, looking back on last year, compare and contrast post seem almost compulsory. “How will he launch his 2014 blogging with a bang? What wisdom will he impart? How will he set the standard?” Bit of quasi-pressure there, folks. Then …

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