Tag: writing life
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Is Resilience Worse Than the Waiting?
The aid station behind you is too far to go back. The next one is miles ahead. That’s not just ultrarunning — it’s the writing life. A new essay on resilience, silence, and why you need to keep going.
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A Half Marathon, a Stranger, and the Race I’m Really Running
The morning air was a lie, the hills were brutal, and I was just trying to make it to the next mailbox. Then a stranger at the finish line said something that made me realize I’d been running a different race the whole time.
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The Saturday I Let Go
Five hundred posts, nine queries, one tired writer. A Saturday morning, a cup of coffee, and the wife who reminded me what the work actually is.
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Three Doors In
Three doors. A diner. A highway. A social media post. Three stories that have nothing in common, except me showing up, paying attention, and then getting out of the way. Which one stayed with you?
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What Are The Odds
I got fired on a Friday. Made a phone call. Started a new job on Monday. Worked there long enough to memorize one name. Left fifteen years ago and never thought about it again. Then on Saturday, at a wedding reception, the woman sitting next to me said that name out loud. What are the…
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I’ve Got A Bad Feeling About This
Lucas panicked before Star Wars. Spielberg sweated before every release. Will anyone get it? I get that.