The Making of a Writer

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Of course, when you start a blog, you tell all your friends, “Hey, I started a blog! Check it out!” Then they roll their eyes, check it out, and say, “Yes, very nice.” Which is what my friends did. Except one, who added, “Um, it’s kind of ugly.”

Whaddya mean it’s ugly? It’s beautiful!

To make a long story short, on his machine it is ugly. On mine it is beautiful. Why? Well, it turns out…

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I want to be a writer. I mean, I really want to be a writer. I can prove it. I have…
…no less than a dozen books on becoming a good writer, and making a living at it,
…one solid idea for a good magazine article,
…a great ideas for a novel series,
…a pretty good idea for a collection of short stories,
…ideas for three nonfiction books,
…nothing written, and a whole pile of excuses.

Well, that last part is the problem, as you can imagine.

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