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DON’T CARE, OR CARE, THERE IS NO TRY

January 28, 2023 by David Gillaspie

If you don’t care about something, stay off the soapbox. Save your big talk for something you care about, we’ll figure out the rest. Once you’ve been around the block a few times it gets easier to care than not care. Why, you ask?

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WRITING SUCCESS THAT DOESN’T SUCK EVERY DAY

January 23, 2023 by David Gillaspie

Asking anyone about their writing success is like asking if they won anything on their trip to Las Vegas. Everyone’s a winner when they get back home. “Best trip ever. Paid for itself.” Along with other various and assorted bulls!t. Writing success is easier to track, easier to explain, yet still a gamble.

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DISAPPOINTED WRITER? AREN’T THEY ALL

January 12, 2023 by David Gillaspie

The disappointed writer hides their feelings in their work. If it’s not their subject, it’s their characters; if it’s not the setting, it’s the theme. The disappointed writer always falls back to their comfort zone. Instead of man vs nature, or man vs society, it’s one whiney writer vs themselves.

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WRITERS SOCIALIZING WITH WRITERS

January 10, 2023 by David Gillaspie

My aunt warned me about writers socializing. I’d taken the train from Philadelphia to Princeton, New Jersey for a visit. She was studying at the Princeton Theological Seminary to be a preacher; I was in the Army learning to be a writer. Since she had a degree in literary criticism she had a lot to […]

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FACEBOOK WRITER, BLOGGER, OR SCROLLER?

January 8, 2023 by David Gillaspie

You know a Facebook writer when you read them. The work seems too good for the platform, too permanent for such a temporary view. But Facebook is inviting, available, and free. So why not use it as a primary outlet?

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DRIVEN PEOPLE STAY ON TRACK

December 29, 2022 by David Gillaspie

You know driven people the moment you meet them. How? By asking what they do? No, they’ll tell you before you ask. Something like, “My name is David and I’m good.” Convincing enough? How about:

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WRITE NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE

December 28, 2022 by David Gillaspie

‘Write now’ is what I hear every morning at 5, or sometimes 6:30. Keeping a schedule is good; having something to say is good. Why is joining them together so hard? Some answers make sense, some don’t. Mine are . . .

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FIXING BLOG THINGS AND COMPLAINING AT THE SAME TIME

December 24, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Fixing blog things is part of joining the blogger world circus. I update boomerpdx and lose my subscribers? Twitter takes a dump and I lose my blog traffic? Facebook is unreliable? These are examples of fixing things online AND complaining. Waaaa. But, first . . .

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HUMAN POTENTIAL: THE BURDEN OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS

December 19, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Human potential grade from counselor: “You can do anything you want to do.” Human response: “What am I supposed to do with that?” And so begins the journey of great expectations with: “What do you want to be?” I knew what I didn’t want to be early. My dad told me.

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WORKING HARD IS HARD WORK. WHO KNEW?

December 10, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Working hard used to be a rite of passage. “Start sooner than later and enjoy the rewards longer,” was the message. So hit the grind and go until there’s nothing left to grind, like this cartoon from the New Yorker? Then what?

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