writer life
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What Can Be Done, Will Be Done

I’ve been on a year-long coming-to-terms with capacity, as a concept. Here’s what happened: At the beginning of last year, I sat down with a calendar and blithely booked trips and visits from mid-March through mid-July. Over an 18-week period, I committed myself for 14 weekends, including two international trips. Cumulatively, I spent five and Continue reading
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Messy first drafts.

It’s been a few years since I wrote a blog post, and every time I think of writing another I ask myself but do you have a subject worth blogging about? Which is really to say: do you have a subject worth blogging about after so much time? Continue reading
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Deadlines are my lifeline.

Deadlines used to be a constant source of dread for me. But in recent years, they’ve transformed from a source of dread and anxiety to my saving grace. Continue reading
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I write the Internet.

Over the past few years as a professional content writer, I’ve written about a million words in the form of blog posts, website copy, emails, and white papers. That feels like a lot, but in the context of the rest of the Internet, maybe it isn’t. Continue reading
