Big Fat Words
A curiosity-powered content studio for writing, creativity, and the occasional wandering thought.
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Why Are People Staying Put?
Here’s a fantasy I’ve nurtured for the last 20 years:
No permanent home address. Just two suitcases and my laptop. Moving to a new town every three months.
Call it radical mobility.
Many people share this dream. Others are appalled at th...
The Last Time Everyone Saw the Same Movie
“Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” considered one of the greatest films ever made, earned about $37 million during its initial theatrical run.
“Dude, Where’s My Car?” pulled in $73 million.
Twice what the Paul Newman/Robert Redford cla...
Sporadic Thoughts: Go It Alone
(Note: This piece was originally posted in 2015.)
It happened again: I mentioned that I’d traveled to the UK for eleven days by myself, and several people gave me a bug-eyed look while exclaiming, “By yourself? Oh, I could never do that!“...
The Brick and the Doorway
If you’d prefer to listen to this article read by the author, you can do that right here: ⬇️
“It’s one thing to have men in your circle; it’s another thing to have men in your corner.”
—Khari Arnold, founder of Atlanta’s “Library Dads”...
Distractions
NOTE: While this excerpt comes from a book about the mindset of writers, it could easily apply in almost any career.
Blame the Internet. That’s what everyone else does.
I’m talking about the reason you don’t get your writing done, and, co...
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Writing—any creative outlet, for that matter—can be a mental minefield. Author Dom Testa can help a little bit.
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