In the life of every writer, there will come those times when giving up and abandoning a project begins to feel like an attractive option. But, of course, if you are writing for someone else—as in the case of freelance writers or authors with contracts—quitting may not be an option. Even if you never intend … Read more
When I was a kid, my mother always said I had stick-to-itiveness. When I asked her what it meant, she told me that it sometimes seemed like plain old stubbornness, but it really meant sticking with something and not giving up. I always thought my mother made up the word by just adding iveness to … Read more
And he said to them, “Which of you who has a friend will go to him at midnight and say to him, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine has arrived on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him’; and he will answer from within, ‘Do not bother me; … Read more