February 2012
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January 2012
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You get your intuition back when you make space for it, when you stop the...
– Anne Lamott
December 2011
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November 2011
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October 2011
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Here is something I found to be true: you don’t start processing death until you...
– Donald Miller, Through Painted Deserts
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September 2011
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August 2011
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Well there was depression, anxiety, horrible stomach problems, horrible back...
– Adam Haslett, in response to the question: “Can you recall early challenges you faced, writerly or otherwise?”
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celebrate?
It’s been told to me that writing is one of my gifts. Yet despite this, I still spend a lot of time wondering if it’s a worthy pursuit of my time. And then last night, I heard someone talking about gifts and how gifts are something that should be celebrated. Celebrated, and therefore probably not ruminated over or doubted, but exercised.
Aww, crap.
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Civil disturbances like these begin as a genuine reaction to injustice, from a...
– Maria Bustillos, “Los Angeles, April 29 - May 4, 1992”
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July 2011
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If while wandering around the inside of an art museum I come across a door...
– John Shore, via Rob Bell
A nice analogy for someone struggling with anxiety.
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June 2011
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Writing tips from Cory Doctorow
Write every day. Anything you do every day gets easier. If you’re insanely busy, make the amount that you write every day small (100 words? 250 words?) but do it every day.
Write even when the mood isn’t right. You can’t tell if what you’re writing is good or bad while you’re writing it.
Write when the book sucks and it isn’t going anywhere. Just keep writing. It doesn’t suck. Your conscious...
In all the setbacks of your life as a believer, God is plotting for your joy.
– John Piper
May 2011
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Pret A Manger coming to Los Angeles →
neighborhoodr-losangeles:
This is fantastic news. Though I don’t know why Eater calls it a “New York” lunch place — I was addicted to Pret A Manger sandwiches in London back in 1997. Also: I’m old.
I am conflicted by this news! I love Pret A Manger, but I associate it so closely with New York, that I don’t know if I want to become just another place to go in L.A.!
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It’s time we valued our writing not just for its aesthetic accomplishment, its...
– Dale Peck
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