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Beyond Exhaustion

October 5, 2009 Personal

“The best laid plans of mice and men often go astray.” ~ Robert Burns Boy have I been living that quote recently.  Last week was a perfect example of it and even though it wasn’t the worst week ever, it was pretty brutal at times.  I won’t go into too much detail since I’m keeping [...]

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The Company We Keep

October 2, 2009 Personal

In Spanish there’s a saying my Dad used to often tell me, "Dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres" which translates to "Tell me who you hang out with and I’ll tell you who you are".  The people we surround ourselves with have more of an impact on our lives than we realize.  [...]

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Goals for October

September 30, 2009 Personal

Often times when writing fiction, you’ll find yourself in a spot where the next step isn’t apparent. If you have an outline, it might give you a vague direction, but the next scene or character action is a mystery. For those writing from the seat of their pants, this usually stops you dead in the [...]

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Unfocused Life, Unfocused Blog

September 28, 2009 Personal

For a long time now, I’ve felt unfocused in my life.  Professionally, things are going well, chugging along at a decent pace while keeping me busy.  Personally, my spark has been missing (which I will chalk up, in part, to my environment) and I’ve been feeling unfulfilled in a creative sense.  Work provides some mental [...]

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Why Cuban Nomad?

September 15, 2009 Personal

Recently I’ve had several people ask me why I chose Cuban Nomad as the title for my blog and whether or not it meant anything.  I would love to say it was all part of my master branding plan, having discovered the moniker after repeated focus group testing and intense research, but the reality is [...]

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Battle of the Bulge

September 6, 2009 Personal

America (and most modern nations) is trying vainly to battle the rising tide of obesity.  Cheap, unhealthy foods in ridiculous quantities are making it damn near impossible to go the healthy route.  Why buy a bag of salad for $4.99 when you can buy a microwave pizza and a sack of Oreo’s for 2 bucks?  [...]

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Why do you do it?

August 8, 2009 Personal

Recently a good friend of mine decided to take a more creative direction with his life.  Fed up with the cubicle routine and feeling genuinely unfulfilled, he started writing on the side with the end goal being an eventual transition into full time writing.  We talked about the change in direction over several nights, batting [...]

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Early Days: Costa Rica

July 21, 2009 Personal

Lately I’ve been reminiscing about earlier times in my life trying to dissect them.  One part that tends to be a blur, unless I sit down to concentrate on the memories, is my early childhood.  An unexpected call from my Dad kicked the entire cycle into overdrive and I had to put words to paper.  [...]

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Consistency in the face of Quiet

June 30, 2009 Personal

The voices in my head have gone quiet and that actually isn’t a good thing.  If you were suffering from psychosis, I supposed the voices going away would be helpful, but when you’re a writer and the rooms in your mind go silent you get worried.  At first you hope it’s the naughty quiet when [...]

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Potent words and visceral dreams

June 8, 2009 Personal

A story at its most basic entertains with fiction woven from the English language.  A good story opens the mind to untold possibilities and stunning visions.  A great story pierces you with its words, stimulating the mind, the heart and the very pit of your stomach.  It is the great stories that every aspiring writer [...]

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Surprised by fond memories

June 5, 2009 Personal

In 2007 my girl and I hopped over to the UK.  From Scotland to Ireland to England, we bounced around the country, going thru mainstream and offbeat locales.  Some of it was fun, an adventure to say the least, but a lot of it was very draining.  The nonstop travel for months on end, the [...]

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