Working Up

by Dwayne Phillips I am bit by a large dog. What is worse, I could not write about it. I went on a short walk recently. The big event of the walk was that a large dog walked up to me and bit me on the right forearm. All things considered, I was fortunate. The […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Another embarrassing blog post: please put the date on your blog posts and articles. I am really embarrassed to be writing this one, but I do so because I continue to read posts and articles that are not dated. Was the piece written five minutes or five years ago? I don’t know […]

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by Dwayne Phillips As writers, we have all the facts of the world at our fingertips. While writing, don’t stop the typing to find the correct term. Put a THINGY placeholder on the page and come back later. Writing is easier than it used to be. Okay, anyone who tries to write can scream for […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Let’s return to basics and discuss the aspects of a plan. I love it when a plan comes together – that guy on the A-Team TV show This is one of those blog posts that I am embarrassed to write. Surely everyone already knows this one, right? Wrong. I wish I had […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I often have to wrap my head with duct tape to block it from exploding if I don’t write fast enough. Is that writer’s block? I often read about writer’s block and how to prevent writer’s block and work around writer’s block and such. I am not sure what those writers mean […]

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by Dwayne Phillips When writing management tips, I always try to apply the “Oh Yeah?” test. I sometimes write about management and how to manage better. One things I try to apply at the end of such writing is the “Oh Yeah?” test. In applying this test, I ask myself something like, Oh yeah? Really, […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Reston, Virginia – a planned community – now has no bookstore. What is wrong here? I live in Reston, Virginia. It is a planned community. It is a good community. There is a lot of educated, money-holding people in Reston. There is no bookstore in Reston, Virginia. Yes, we have a fine […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I have read it dozens of times – quit your job, do what you love, you will succeed. Oh really? I read something today that agrees with my experience: It takes money to start a freelance life. There – I wrote it. This disagrees with most of what I have read about […]

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by Dwayne Phillips As simple as it seems, I had to learn the zero-th law of fiction. I like to write fiction short stories. It’s fun for me. I have written 70 or so stories and have them on Smashwords which makes them available on many other outlets such as Barnes and Noble. I often […]

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by Dwayne Phillips As a writer and a person, I find it important to differentiate between me and something I wrote. I write a lot of things. Some of the things I write, especially those I write a my day job, are reviewed by others. I find one statement helps me and the reviewers: This […]

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