I am seduced by the premise behind Francine Prose’s book “Reading Like a Writer,” reviewed in The New York Times by Emily Barton. My seduction comes from this paragraph in the review: Another difficulty faced by writing teachers is, paradoxically, the lack of interest many students show in reading. And those who do read often […]
Pat Velte, my Web guru, sent me a link to Bob Parsons’ 16 Rules to Live By. Worth reading. (Thanks, Pat.) Each of the 16 rules is relevant to me, but these are some that stood out: 1. Get and stay out of your comfort zone. I believe that not much happens of any significance
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Harriete Estel Berman wrote: Your recent newsletter about motors v.s. anchors was thought provoking though I am concerned. It seems a little self serving to only work with the motors and ignore the anchors. Somewhere, somehow, I think that for every bit of success comes a responsibility to pay it back. Each measure of success
When do you leave the anchors behind and when do you pull them along? Read
To identify those who might be dragging you down (anchors), let’s look at six types of toxic relationships, courtesy of Cheryl Richardson in her book Take Time for Your Life: THE BLAMER. A person who consistently blames you and everyone else for his problems. Instead of taking responsibility for his life, he blames others. THE
Relationships that Drain You Read
You can find the answers to these questions and more than you ever wanted to know about me in this very nice interview in the July issue of Art Business News. As you can tell from the article, I’m not too keen on picking “favorites,” but her questions made me think. How would you answer
My favorite artist, most cherished artwork, how I got started . . . Read
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