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Maintenance, our human flaw and a dreamed of plugin

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Bill Wren

икони на светци “Another flaw in the human character is that everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance.” – Kurt Vonnegut Today has driven home to me Kurt Vonnegut’s quote regarding maintenance. He is right. I’m guilty … Continue reading →

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You need poetry in your posts

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Bill Wren

What the world really needs is poetry in posts. Seriously. Keep in mind, when we use the word poetry we usually mean it in one of two ways. There is the very technical use when we are talking about something … Continue reading →

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The editor steps in again

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Bill Wren

It’s been unusually quiet at Writelife. You can blame the editor for that. I have three posts unpublished because the editor has nixed them. Yes, the editor is me. The editor is a self-editor. What was wrong with the posts? … Continue reading →

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My most popular posts in 2010

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Bill Wren

I took a look at my analytics to see what posts were the most popular here during the year. And I made a list of them. I find it interesting looking back at the past year to see that my … Continue reading →

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The awful truth about being brief

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Bill Wren

Being brief takes time. That is the awful truth. You would think brevity would take less time. It is, after all, brief. The reality, however, is that it takes more time; at least it does if you intend to write … Continue reading →

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