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Posted in Blogging, Creativity, Writing on Dec 30th, 2008
by martinhoward Routines are a great way to get things done consistently and over long-term periods of time. It’s like brushing your teeth—you do it as part of your morning/night routine and don’t really give it much thought. Whatever negatives they may have (and we’ll get to that in a second), you can’t argue with [...]
Posted in Books, Creativity, Writing on Oct 29th, 2008
I had never heard of Ben Fountain until I starter hearing some buzz for his book of short stories, Brief Encounters with Che Guevara. I made a note of the good buzz his book had going for him and I moved on. Then I read this article in the New Yorker about him and how [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Creativity on Jul 10th, 2008
This one was a pleasant surprise for me. It’s a book written by a dance choreographer — the only dance I have in my life is when M and I watch (at her behest) Dancing with the Stars and So You Think You Can Dance. In other words, when I read the author about this [...]
Posted in Creativity, Writing on Jul 8th, 2008
Anne Lamott’s book, Bird by Bird, has a great chapter called Shitty First Drafts that’s all about getting over those internal voices that tell writers that what we’re writing sucks. The essay is all about accepting those voices, realizing that they’re going to be there for as long as you’re doing something creative, and then [...]
