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I’m a speed reader. Am I Cheating My Fellow Medium Writers by Reading Their Content Too Fast?

Image by Mandy Fontana from Pixabay The reason I originally joined Medium was not to write but to read. I am a voracious speed reader. I consume at a minimum of five articles a day on average. I choose random articles because I have never read their writing. I have favorites where I read everything they published. My …

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Good Things Come to Those Who Work Part II

Image by GraphicMama-team from Pixabay “If you are not making someone else’s life better, than you are wasting your time “— Will Smith I am participating in the She Engineers Virtual Summit. The summit is a five-day virtual event that will take place from November 18 to November 22 — sponsored by Stephanie Slocum, who wrote the book. Her …

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Good Things Come To Those Who Work

Shameless Self Promotion Image by Дарья Яковлева from Pixabay “You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”― Mae West My first two books have won 2019 Gold Awards from Reader Favorites. Publishing the first book was really hard, the second only slightly easier. Image by the Author I am surprised and grateful. While …

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Daily Writing Is No Joke…Once You Stop, Restarting Is A Bitch

Be A Better Writer Daily Writing Is No Joke…Once You Stop, Restarting Is A Bitch Image by succo from Pixabay This month, I broke a 31-week daily writing streak. I felt just like a writer while getting my Hemmingway on every day. Since I write early, the completion of my minimum writing task for the day, started me on …

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The First Self-Published Book is Hard. Never Give Up

Photo by Nextvoyage from Pexels You don’t know what you don’t know. Keep going. Self-publish your book. Writing my first book almost broke me. I self-published. I believed that self-publishing would take the delay out of the process. I was wrong. Self-publishing added an overabundance of new non-writing related tasks that took time to learn to …

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Why Are You Worried About Rejection? Who Are You Writing For Anyway?

Image Source-Adobe Stock You’re not writing for them, are you? Write for you. If you are writing for anyone other than yourself, consider it changing. Everyone who reads your words will have an opinion about your writing. Friends, family and other writers will not hesitate to let you know what they think. Over the last …

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