As a writer, you've probably dealt with a lot of rejection. What you may not know know is that the better you deal with failure, the more prepared you'll be for success. And the healthy response to both happens to be the same. Continue...

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We live in a culture that values extroversion over introversion. Many people, including introverts, believe that introversion is a weakness or impediment--like a club foot or an addiction. Continue...

Dining alone at expensive restaurants is becoming my new hobby. I wasn't going to write about my dining experience tonight. After all, what could top my bare-handed jumbo shrimp experience at Mister B's. But when the elderly man at the table next to me whipped out his four inch Magnum, I knew at once this was a story I would have to share with the world...if I lived to tell it... Continue...

In his famous play, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare posed the question: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet." But would it really? Continue...