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4 years ago

The Soul-Sucking Reality of Posting Every Day.

Robert Cormack · And why you should proceed with soul-sucking abandon. · “No surprise in the writer. No surprise in the reader.” Robert Frost · There’s an article in Writers Guild called “Is Publishing an Article Every Day a Mistake?” The writer, Aaron Schnoor, brought up Seth Godin. Godin has 60 ...

5 years ago

Things I'm Finally Willing To Admit About Writing.

Robert Cormack · How acid trips, Roxanne Pulitzer and Jimmy Breslin led me from advertising to the world of fiction. · “I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.” Hunter S. Thompson · There’s something redemptive about writing. We wouldn’t be posting here if it w ...

6 years ago

Write When the Clowns Collide.

Robert Cormack · “Quick, send in the clowns, don’t bother they’re here.” Steven Sondheim · Writing’s a bit of a devil’s game. It’s not so much inspiration as waiting for the clowns to collide. This is what Steven Sondheim meant when he wrote “Send In the Clowns.”  · He admitted to an interviewer ...

6 years ago

I Had a Dream...

Robert Cormack · “Have you any dreams you’d like to sell?”  Stevie, Nicks, Fleetwood Mac · They say we dream four to six times per night — which is more than I want, believe me. I had one last night where a town was so corrupt, nobody cared anymore. Citizens got crazy drunk while local criminals ...

7 years ago

Even Michelangelo Got Fired (And Hit With a Stick By a Pope).

Robert Cormack · We don’t think of great artists being fired, but Michelangelo was dumped numerous times. One client thought his work was so lousy, he wouldn’t pay him. Another time, Michelangelo refused to show Pope Julius II his sketches for the Sistine Chapel. Pope Julius beat him with a stick ...

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