Impossible to Live on Minimum Wage — What do businesses owe individuals? What do we as a society owe those who are the poorest among us? Having been one of the millions of people who worked for the Golden Arches before, and several other fast food establishments, I can confirm for you that working at …
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Steven Pressfield’s new book, Turning Pro: Tap Your Inner Power and Create Your Life’s Work, covers familiar ground, building upon the information he first presented in his 2002 book: The War of Art (click here for the Muse Review). This book’s format is similar to that of War: short 1 to 2 page chapters, lots of white …
Here are your Provocative Writing Prompts for Friday, August 16th, 2013: She doesn’t like what she sees. Who is he, really? Enough about you. Plans are underway… I don’t much. She held up something… We couldn’t find it. Like the rest of us… We stopped to get gas… How would you describe… I always say …
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Daily Rituals: How Artists Work by Mason Currey (Editor) This book is a hard one to review because of what it is. This is a meticulously researched work on the work habits of writers, composers, artists and other creative types. He pulls this information from existing sources, biographies, autobiographies and personal journals. If you are …
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I changed my mind. I am finding it difficult to be brief and present 6 interesting story sparks each Tuesday as the Grist for the Muse feature. I’m finding that even one of the news stories or articles I find manages to generate many story ideas and interesting questions to explore, and these articles are …
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Here are your Provocative Writing Prompts for Friday, August 9th, 2013: You’re already dead. Why not? I was captivated by… Bear with us… What do we gain… You can count on… More than ever before… Find out right now! For starters… Now I am on the… Wish I’d never… Isn’t it time you… …
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I use Feedly and Evernote to help me comb through the numerous blogs and news sites I visit each week, and I’m always finding story worthy stuff (that exists outside of important world events and pop culture) that I may or may not use in the future. In fact, I often find so many interesting …
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Here are your Provocative Writing Prompts for Friday, July 19th, 2013: I am making a living out of lying… I’m sorry if all this seems… She regrets… Don’t have a lot of cash? Okay, Mr. you’re grounded! The deeper the snow… Isn’t it part of… Is there something in my teeth? Someday I’ll be back. …
Here are your Provocative Writing Prompts for Friday, July 12th, 2013: Don’t make me come down there. You don’t have to go. While you’re taking a shower… When Isabella and I first met… Do you feel the… It’s true. I talk a great deal. How are you? You’re perfect. When you meet anyone at all… …
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Here are your Provocative Writing Prompts for Friday, July 5th, 2013: What women want… Will I have friends? I don’t keep count. Where I come in… Because you’re worth it. While I live… We did have some rules. You wouldn’t mind… Why he quit… You’ll be pleasantly surprised tonight. I have been humbled. When she …
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Here are your Provocative Writing Prompts for June 28th, 2013 : It was an honest mistake. I feel reborn! You set it up! If you’re not sure… We worry too much. Where you can’t… Hey, kids… It’s not your… If they caught us… This time around… What did I smell like? The Lord is my …
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We’ve all experienced them. Moments where we stumble and draw a blank. Moments where we forget someone’s name… someone very familiar to us but for some reason it is just gone and the panicked whirring of your mind cannot bring it back to you. The more you strain, the worse you seize up. Or that …