denise

Thanks for the videos, which would indeed inspire me to emulate Wonder Woman poses, if I had the figure for it!

You're in great company, Eric...we all have those same doubts. Welcome to the tribe!

Right? How can things stay boring with undies around? Hahahaha!!

Thanks, Chris! I have watched that Amy Cuddy numerous times and still, everytime she stops and tries not to cry, I cry. That one moment of covering her mouth nails me.

The two most meaningful passages (for me) from Bird by Bird:

“You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.” (A-freaking-men.)

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.”

I adored that book. It opened a whole new world for me, along with Natalie Goldberg's Writing Down the Bones.

Hahahahaha. You two, I swear you keep me so entertained with your football rivalry.

Thanks, Barb! I kinda kicked my own ass by writing it. 🙂 BTW, I have my Stephen Cannell book finally at the top of my nightly reading pile. So excited!!