This morning I woke up early to take a crack at the book. It was somewhere around 5 AM, and after I wrote down what had come to me, I hit up Twitter to see who else was up and posting. The Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) had this to say: (For those who don’t do graphical …
August 19, 2010 – 5:22 am
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By Laura Roberts
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Posted in Life of an Artist, My Books, Naked Montreal, Writing Tips
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Tagged 5 AM never felt so good, @DalaiLama, Naked Montreal, paying the bills, real work, shakabuku, The Dalai Lama, Tibetan fortune cookie, Twitter, writing tips, You need self-confidence and determination: feeling depressed and losing hope will never really help to correct any situation.
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Normally I don’t like to share my haiku with my husband. It’s not that I’m afraid of his judgement, exactly. It’s more that the stuff scribbled in my personal notebooks is mostly just private. It hasn’t been edited, and it’s not publication-worthy, so why would I let someone else see it? But this morning he …
July 4, 2010 – 8:03 pm
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By Laura Roberts
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Posted in Haiku A Day, Holidaze, Life of an Artist, Literature
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Tagged Buddha, Crazy Cat Lady, eternal secrets, grocery list, haiku, lettuce, milk, Moonlight Sonata, Ned, new kitten, poems about my cat, private notebooks, VLAD
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No matter who you are or what you choose to do with your life, motivating yourself is always going to be part of the challenge, although sometimes this seems especially true for freelancers. Sure, some days you’ll spring out of bed and gnaw away on the projects you need to finish with the intensity of …
June 29, 2010 – 12:09 pm
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By Laura Roberts
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Posted in Austin, Life of an Artist, Work, Writing Tips
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Tagged 300 sunny days per year, Alzheimer's prevention, Austin, avoiding procrastination, Black Coffee, brain protection with coffee, coffee, deadlines, dying before completing your life's work, edge of the poverty line, extra expenses, fear as motivation, Flickr, freedom, freelance writing, freelancers, making money, meeting deadlines, minifig, Minifig Characters #6: Death, motivational tips and tricks, multi-tasking, Music, Professor Bop, SAVFAIRE Magazine, stretching your pennies, sunbathing, sunscreen, sunshine, Texas, thriving on the deadline, writing articles for money
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