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Writers Horoscope for October 16: Today, endure the fickleness of your livelihood.
Livelihood? How about ‘annoying hobby’?
Either way, it was 3:00 AM** and you tossed and turned and tossed again.
Your spouse stumbled out to the peace and quiet of the living room couch.
The border collie followed soon after.
And you were left to brood.
Shouldn’t the plural of ‘low-life’ be ‘low-lives’?
And Snow White’s annoying posse–shouldn’t they be the Seven Dwarves?
Let the brooding continue…and here you had just come to terms with your own flawfulness.
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**Why is it always 3:00 AM?
Writers Horoscope for October 15: Accept your ‘flawfulness’ today.
Whether it’s a new chapter written in a rush of enthusiasm, a new blog post written with one eye on the football game, or a quick bulletin board announcement…
a second look never hurts.
Writers Horoscope for October 14: Today, surround yourself with what could be…
or should be.
Yep, nothing like a little on-site inspiration.
Your audience awaits.
Writers Horoscope for October 13: Today, ponder ‘sonder’.
Yes, the word is ‘sonder’.
From the Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: n. the realization that each random passerby is living a life as vivid and complex as your own. To help you visualize, short video here.
Let it feed today’s writing.
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Note: Thanks to Seth Godin for introducing the Writers Horoscope to this concept.
Writers Horoscope for October 12: Today, new frontiers await.
Columbus isn’t the only one to be honored today.
Give a nod to yourself.
But only after you try your hand at say, a how-to article on unexpected uses of hair conditioner [yes, there are], or Astrology and the Home Cook [You’re on your own with that one.] or an impromptu photo story,
Happy Thanksgiving to Canadians, by the way.
Writers Horoscope for October 11: Today, you need to fast.
No, don’t go tossing your vat of candy corn.
You’ve engulfed your brain with too much media.
Time for a news fast.
It does nothing but bring you down and, even worse, keep you from your real work.
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Writers Horoscope for October 10: Others seek you out.
Of course others seek you out!
After all, you put words together in clear, concise fashion.
You’re brimming with creative and unique avenues of expression.
Wellllll, there’s a problem.
You’re being sought out today for another of your attractive traits: perceived free time.
“Oh, it’s just a little yard work,” they say.
It’s never just ‘a little’.
You could go with yesterday’s suggestion: turn and run.
Or you could throw a fit…
Or you could show a creepingly inordinate amount of enthusiasm for the work.
That oughta cut back on the calls for help.
Writers Horoscope for October 9: Perfectionism’s creeping in.
You could turn and run.
Or meet it head-on…with a new sentence, then a paragraph, a page, a chapter, a book.
Seth Godin keeps his view of perfection pretty darned simple.
Here’s another take:
One thing is certain: perfection is not a blank page.
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