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Just Write It

By Andy Scheer | February 21, 2015 - 6:00 am |February 14, 2015 notes on writing, professionalism, wordsmithing, writing life
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by Andy Scheer2011 - Copy adj

To write something good, you have to write something.

Have you written anything today? Will you?

Late science fiction writer Ray Bradbury said, “Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you’re doomed.”

Trumpeter Lu Watters, who sparked a revolution in jazz in the 1940s, saw his … Continue reading →

Lunchtime Learning

By Andy Scheer | February 18, 2015 - 6:00 am |February 14, 2015 notes on writing, professionalism, writing life
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by Andy ScheerAndy Scheer 2014 12 16 crop

You likely know someone with the answer you need.

Two minor aspects of the nearly 500-page typesetting project left me stumped. Asking Google and the program’s “help” feature had brought me no closer to a solution.

For several weeks I avoided the problem, typesetting all the … Continue reading →

Sustainable Practices

By Andy Scheer | February 14, 2015 - 11:05 am |February 14, 2015 marketing, notes on writing, professionalism, writing life
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by Andy ScheerAndy Scheer 2014

Small steps can lead to success.

How are your New Year’s resolutions working? Less than two months into the year, it seems reasonable to modify or exchange any that aren’t working.

Because I spent much of the last week of December doing various forms of … Continue reading →

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