Jul

19

Writers Critique - Make My Writing Better Please

July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Gasping for air, I looked around the table at the faces looking back at me and all I could tell was their lips were all moving at the same time. I’d passed around a piece I intended to publish and it was ready to go to print, prior to passing it around the table.

Until my dying day, I will remember the fear that swam through my veins as I watched them hatchet my work with X’s, lines, scrolls, and deletions they believed I should make. Their changes may have been constructive, but I wasn’t on the same planet anymore. I was on the planet where my article was living, breathing, alive, and they’d just damaged it beyond repair. I still have those seven chop shopped copies of the first article I’d passed by my friends at the Critique session.

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Dec

25

Stress Overload - 5 Steps To Relieve Overwhelming Stress

December 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Have you ever felt that incredible weight of the world on your shoulders, spinning out of hand? I’m here to show you ways to relieve that overwhelming feeling of stress that just sends you reeling into the pit of doom.

1. Step back and find the humor.

Today I was visiting with a friend, after several months of missing her. I mentioned that my son was out of control these days, and we talked about how we’d both threatened our sons with not making their next birthday if they didn’t settle down. Neither of us would do anything to hurt our sons, and they know that. But suddenly we both felt the humor in our empty threats. Their behavior seemed less extreme and we knew we’d be able to get through the next moment because we were laughing at the last moments.

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