“For me, a good writing day is when I can move forward inside a story, because I take so much pleasure in tinkering with sentences that I often have to fight my own impulse to dither and revise in order to keep the momentum of the narrative going.” — Karen Russell

 

“I redraft as I go—whenever I get stuck in a short story, I go back to the beginning and revise my way down to where I left off. Usually I’ve reworked the first couple of pages anywhere from twenty to over 100 times by the time I get to the ending. It’s hard to figure out how much I eliminate—often it’s more that I’m switching out or reworking phrases or sentences or paragraphs (rarely scenes).” — Kelly Link

 

“It’s easy to say “write truthfully about experience.” But how to actually do it? The only way I’ve ever known is to try it, over and over again, until I can’t think of another way, or a clearer way. I write each draft, each scene, over and over again until I can’t think of a better way forward.” — Richard Bausch

Let me not be Your critic, Lord, today, and judge against You.

²Let me not attempt to interfere with Your creation, and distort it into sickly forms.

³Let me be willing to withdraw my wishes from its unity, and thus to let it be as You created it.

⁴For thus will I be able, too, to recognize my Self as You created me.

⁵In love was I created, and in love will I remain forever.

⁶What can frighten me, when I let all things be exactly as they are?

Whether or not you’re into films about dark magic, there’s no denying the exceptional acting skills of Loretta Devine.

 

Though she has a large body of work, Devine says, “I still audition for things. The new directors and new writers are sometimes so young, they’re not as aware of your work as you would want them to be, so if you can go in and show them what you can do, your chances of getting the part are much greater.”

 

Her advice to actors regarding auditioning: “Be prepared. You have to know your part, know your lines. You have to be on time. People like to know that they’d like to work with you and like to be around you.”

 

Some commentary from Loretta’s interview about Spell…

 

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Well, I’ve been doing this for so long, Cynthia, until anytime someone comes to me with something new that I don’t think I’ve ever had a chance to conquer, and I’m lucky enough to not have been stuck in one particular type of thing, so I just jump on it.

 

Right before this, I played an 80-year-old blind stripper on P-Valley and that was unique and different.

 

And this is a Black woman in the Appalachian mountains that feels that she is a doctor and a practitioner.

 

And to the outside world, I know they feel differently, but she feels like she’s doing everything for her community, so that was really what got me into it.

 

And Director Mark Tonderai sent me so much information on who this character was, I just was driven to do it.

 

This book’s content has prompted me to think about layered boundaries.

 

Essentially, I’m replacing a Yes or No Method for setting boundaries, with an If / Then / Else System.

 

Melissa shares her Green, Yellow and Red boundary layers (which helps you transition from a gentle boundary to an extreme one — as the situation dictates).

 

If the Green level boundary works, then I’m done…

 

Else I implement the Yellow and then the Red (if Yellow proves to be ineffective).

 

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I started reading this book from chapter 8 – The Power of a POV.

 

It opens with a critical statement regarding category design…

 

Thinking about thinking…  is the most important kind of thinking.

 

The authors immediately propose – 90% of what we’ve been taught about entrepreneurship, business strategy, and marketing is wrong.

 

The core issue is that 100% of what we’ve been taught is based on the past and doesn’t reflect a future where many things might change.

 

Here’s how Category Designers think:

 

It’s tomorrow.

 

The world is not the same way it was yesterday.

 

We REJECT the premise.

 

And we are going to act as if the tomorrow we’re creating already exists, today.

 

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Getting rich is about knowing what to do, who to do it with, and when to do it.

 

It is much more about understanding than purely hard work.

 

Yes, hard work matters, and you can’t skimp on it.

 

But it has to be directed in the right way.

 

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The context of The Mack’s Bible classifies the male species into two classes:

 

1. Male (males in plural) and;
2. Man (men in plural)

 

A male is a simply a boy who has only grown up (physically). He doesn’t understand manhood or his role as a man in everyday life. And he certainly has limited perspective about his role as a man who skillfully interacts with, appreciates and commands the attention of a woman.

 

A man is a male that has claimed his manhood. He is responsible, confident, a leader and problem-solver. He is forever the ultimate gentleman and a woman’s best companion.

 

The fact is, most males have been educated by female teachers and women in authoritative roles.

 

The masculine component has not been given proper attention, leaving most males without the masculine energy needed to be effective men, fathers, husbands, entrepreneurs, friends and gods (Psalm 82:6).

 

I’ve decided to educate myself and all who will listen (male and female).

 

I intend to usher in the the original concept of masculine and feminine aligned (within self and thru relationship), >> Gen 2:18-24 << allowing God’s dominion on earth to transform life as we know it, giving us a John 10:10 experience (now and for our grandchildren).

 

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There are four primary tools you can use to connect to, cultivate and channel sexual energy: breath, sound, movement and visualization.

 

Each of these tools can be endlessly explored, and they organically support one another.

 

Diving deeper into one will help you get more out of the other three, and vice versa.

 

This is a path of sexual self-mastery; it is a never-ending path.

 

This is not “Three Quick Tricks You Can Do Tonight to Completely Transform Your Sex Life Forever.”

 

These are practices to take on and build relationships with over time.

 

They are tools you can play with and hone every time you are sexual, whether with a partner or by yourself.

 

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For most of us, our responses to whatever happens each day can be boiled down to answering three basic questions…

 

Number 1: “What do I do so that I don’t feel uncomfortable?”

 

Number 2: “What do I do so that I don’t miss an opportunity or put something I care about at risk?”

 

Number 3: “What do I do so that I don’t look like a loser?”

 

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Overwhelmed?

 

If you feel anything less than “hell yeah!” about something, say no.

 

We say yes too often.

 

By saying no to almost everything, you leave space and time in your life to throw yourself completely into the few things that matter most.

 

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