Tag Archives: writer
Working A Day Job
I talk a lot about my opinions on working a day job, i.e. a 9 – 5, when your heart is elsewhere. Many people have to work a day job they don’t like. I can list a slew of friends … Continue reading
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Weekly Feature: Interview with Writer Joe Clifford
This week, for the Creative People Who Rock weekly feature, I’ve asked Joe Clifford, author of many published short stories and poems, the memoir Junkie Love and the blog Candy and Cigarettes, to answer a few questions.
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Don’t Believe Everything You Think
I passed a bumper sticker yesterday that said “Don’t believe everything you think.” We think we know everything, because our minds lie to us about knowing everything in order to keep some sense of order in a completely insane world … Continue reading
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Your Title: Does it Define You As a Person?
There’s a joke (but it’s actually true in my experience) that in Los Angeles, anywhere you go, whether ordering food, buying groceries or performing yoga moves, someone is definitely going to ask you, “So…what do you DO?” I have to … Continue reading
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Musician? Writer? Poet? Do We Have to Be One or the Other?
Today, I was interviewing a local lady for the paper. She started talking about how she does writing for a living, but she loves photography and painting. She lamented about how when she was growing up she struggled a lot with … Continue reading
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