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Job Tips

For my buddies in the middle of job searches (including my Daddio!), here’s some stuff to keep in mind: “Here’s why you’ll need humility: If you are like most people, you will get the shit kicked out of you in the job search. Typically, the job search process is a six month-long, broken, politically-biased, ill-conceived,

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Milestones

It occurred to me today that I’d told my sister many years ago that I’d get a second piercing in my upper ear to match the one I got for Clarion when I sold my first book. I still like this idea for commemorating my first book. I’m also thinking every writer needs a cool

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Dying, Not the Worst Thing

My first book comes out next year. Somewhere in all the craziness of my life, I think that has been kind of lost in the crazy, you know? Or maybe it’s just been taken for granted all along. Something else that’s been lost during my three months of recovery and bliss in my new digs

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What a Difference the Gym Makes

I’ve come home and written original stuff every night this week. I’m reading books again. I started re-hashing my comic book ideas. My insatiable, nauseating appetite has subsided, as has my compulsion to go to bed before 9pm. I found myself dancing around my apartment tonight for no reason. The turning point was last week,

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Summer Storm

The one nice thing about being stuck in a summer storm is that though you may be drenched, you’re still warm, so you can pretend you’re somewhere interesting and tropical while the sky roars at you. I love summer storms.

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