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From the Quote Box – Teacher and Apprentice
Has every apprentice a teacher and a benefactor?” I asked to ease my turmoil. “No, not every apprentice. Some do.” “Why do some of them have both a teacher and a benefactor?” “When an ordinary man is ready, power provides him with a teacher, and he becomes an apprentice. When the apprentice is ready, power provides him with a benefactor, and he becomes a sorcerer.” – Carlos Castaneda, Tales of Power Continue reading
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Now the action will turn over briefly to the female lead and her retinue (I want one of those) and we’ll just see how it all plays out. Continue reading
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via The Writer’s Almanac today: Georgia O’Keeffe said: “Nothing is less real than realism. Details are confusing. It is only by selection, by elimination, by emphasis, that we get at the real meaning of things.” Finding reality = active and … Continue reading
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And now for something completely different
Wrote a hair over 1000 words at tonight’s library write in so I’m feeling pretty good about it all. Have the protagonist working on a little surprise and soon have to get to the meat of it all. But for … Continue reading
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Time for a NaNoWriMo break
Sow a thought and you reap an action; sow an act and you reap a habit; sow a habit and you reap a character; sow a character and you reap a destiny. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Continue reading
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