Despite being discouraged, I’m not giving up. We will live, and we will be strong.
Me and my writing life
A blog about books, my ideas and what I've learned as I live life as a writer.
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Time for a change
I woke up this morning at 4:30 a.m. from a dream that inspired me and had me itching to write. I knew I didn’t have time to really work on it, but I did write down everything I could remember…
Self-publishing equals lazy?
Recently I read a story on The Guardian about the reaction to Sue Grafton‘s accusation that self-publishing equals laziness. Well, actually, she said: ” ‘…that’s as good as admitting you’re too lazy to do the hard work.’ The self-published books…
Tagged with: Adam Croft, Guardian, Publishing, self publishers, Self-publishing, Sue Grafton, traditional publishing, writing
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A conversation about kids
Last night I was talking to a friend of mine on the phone. She had just finished putting her two girls to bed (5 and 3 years old) and was annoyed at her youngest. “I didn’t realize how spoiled she…
Details – pay attention to the details
I spent this past weekend in Phoenix visiting my younger brother. I’m now a little more tan, a little more relaxed, and pretty happy that I got to watch my Atlanta Braves play the Arizona Diamondbacks. I returned to work yesterday…
Tagged with: Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves, detail-oriented, details, Double check, Email, journalism training, name spellings, Writers Resources
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Be persistent, professional, patient, and realistic
This Wednesday I was watching my tweetdeck and saw a large amount of ranting posts from a certain, to be unnamed, tweeter. From what I can gather, she was trying to gather donations to write a web series, but only…
Add Into Fire
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