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William Wren

What is the point of success?

by Bill on March 13, 2010

Success is a moving target. It’s a cloud formation never the same one day to the next – even one minute to the next. What on earth is it? I sent off a question today that asked, “Have we misunderstood the purpose of business and career success? Have we made business/career success an end rather [...]

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There are loads of books and gazillions of web sites and blogs on social media. You could spend the rest of your life reading about it – the data, the theories, the what-have-you. But if you really want to understand social media you can cut to the chase and read just one guy: Kurt Vonnegut. [...]

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Ten off-the-cuff writing rules

by Bill on February 22, 2010

I began this list last Thursday. I finished it off Saturday morning. Surprisingly, on Saturday I also came across Ten rules for writing fiction. It seems I wasn’t alone in putting together a list. (Those writers, by the way, are much better than I am so their lists should carry a good deal more weight [...]

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Books that have influenced me

by Bill on February 20, 2010

I’ve just quickly created a page of books that have influenced me. In fact, while it’s page name is “Books” the secondary headline is Books that have influenced me. It’s a short list — just five. I think of all of them as related to writing though only one is specifically about writing. Most are [...]

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A few links worth a look

by Bill on February 20, 2010

I’ve been busy this week and haven’t posted anything. (The web collectively mutters, “Thank heaven!”) But I have come across a few things that caught my attention. The first is oodles of writers providing their rules for their craft and while it is in a fiction context many, if not all, are applicable to any [...]

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Road construction on Writelife

by Bill on February 14, 2010

As I mentioned yesterday Writelife will, “… be a bit of a schmozzle for the next day or two.” I’m experimenting with a few things, such as: trying Disqus for comments — just to see if there is any value in it setting up Google for site search — because I’m not thrilled with the [...]

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Respecting the work

by Bill on February 12, 2010

Work is necessary in order to be complete. We tend to think of work only in terms of reward – an income – that allows us to fulfill other of life’s necessities and, if we can, enjoy our lives more fully with some of its luxuries. But work itself is a necessity and for that [...]

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