Tag: failure
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 10 – The Blame Game
I am unsure if this is going to be the last post or if there will be more. When I started writing these posts, taking a harder look at my own thoughts and habits encircling my writing — both career-wise and the act of writing itself, there were only 6 or 7 of these posts…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 6 – Too Close…
Kristine Kathryn Rusch called part 6 of her series on “How Writers Fail” Words, so I am inclined to do the same. But the title there is deceiving. This one is about getting stuck in words. There’s something bigger here. This post is part 6 in my ongoing series where I turn a self-directed critical…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 5 – Dolla-dolla bill, y’all
Show me the money. That’s correct, this post is 100% about the finances of being a writer. Admittedly though, while I plan to write a long, meandering post (I’ll try to make it fun and interesting, relax) about money, it doesn’t actually have a large part of why I am not being successful as a…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 4 – Writer’s Languish
It’s been 4 years now since this huge writing streak I had back in 2018 came to an end. Sometime in late September of that year, I took a purposeful break, not quite understanding that I was dooming myself to the next 4 years in this doom-spiral of writer’s block. To be clear, I also…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 3 – Expectations
Oh, this one hit me! Unlike the prior entry in Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s continuing series on “How Writers Fail”, this one made me pause and think. To fill you in, Writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has been releasing a topical series on her Business Musings portion of her site called “How Writers Fail”. Each essay or…