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#2 & #3: Stop Doing Everything

By Callie Oettinger | | 10 Comments
July 13, 2018
I don’t know when or how I learned about Temple Grandin and her work. She’s lived in my mind for so long that I can’t remember not thinking about her work.
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The Artist’s Journey, #22

By Steven Pressfield | | 28 Comments
July 11, 2018
Today is the final installment of The Artist’s Journey. Thanks again to everyone who stayed with us from the start. The book officially goes on sale today in all three formats—audiobook (read by me), eBook, and paperback. You can get the paperback from Amazon or other online booksellers. The ebook and audio are on sale now…
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#1 Find the Shortest Path

By Callie Oettinger | | 9 Comments
July 6, 2018
Dad installed odometers on our bikes when my sisters and I were kids. He was into being healthy and wanted us to ride at least three miles a day My first life hack was born from Dad’s focus on health and my need to play:
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The Artist’s Journey, #21

By Steven Pressfield | | 20 Comments
July 4, 2018
We’re down now to the next-to-last installment of The Artist’s Journey. It’s getting heavy, I know. Stick with me. To catch up on any missed chapters, click here:  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8. Part 9. Part 10.Part 11. Part 12. Part 13. Part 14. Part 15. Part 16.Part…
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The Hero’s Journey Feels A Lot Like The Loser’s Journey

By Callie Oettinger | | 23 Comments
June 29, 2018
No one starts as Superman. Not even Superman started as Superman. He was a toddler lifting cars and a teenager racing against trains before he turned to nerdy glasses and clumsy behavior to hide his superhuman strength and then use that strength to oppose the forces of evil. Luke was just a teenager with a…
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The Artist’s Journey, #20

By Steven Pressfield | | 15 Comments
June 27, 2018
Only three more posts (including today’s) and this serialization of The Artist’s Journey will be complete. Thanks, everybody, for hanging in. I promise to get back to “regular” posts right away. One last peep re Tim Grahl of www.booklaunch.com, whom I’ve been telling you about for the past couple of weeks. Tim, remember, reached out…
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A Bronx Tale

By Callie Oettinger | | 8 Comments
June 22, 2018
When Dom was in first grade, he told his teacher he wanted to play center field for the New York Yankees. In a deadpan voice that  didn’t entertain dreamers or laughter, she asked, “What’s your back-up plan?”
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The Artist’s Journey, #19

By Steven Pressfield | | 20 Comments
June 20, 2018
Last week I introduced Tim Grahl, the founder of booklaunch.com, who reached out to Shawn (whom he had never met) and asked for Shawn’s help as an editor, to mentor Tim in writing his first novel. If we look at this moment through the prism of the past eighteen weeks’ posts, we would say that…
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Bringing It All together

By Callie Oettinger | | 8 Comments
June 15, 2018
(From the Archives: How did Writing Wednesdays start? About ten years ago, Steve had an idea to launch a vlog. It was launched in 2009 and the vlog quickly became more blog tha vlog—fewer videos, more long-form posts. The first Writing Wednesdays post ran on July 22 of that year. That’s when we started looking…
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The Artist’s Journey, #18

By Steven Pressfield | | 11 Comments
June 13, 2018
There’s a guy named Tim Grahl. A real guy. A really good guy. He has a site called booklaunch.com, which is one of the best, if not the best, instructional site for writers at all levels who want to get their stuff out there in the most effective and high-exposure way. I’m a subscriber. The…
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