Career Happiness / Inspire / Work
by Murphy · Published July 25, 2014 · Last modified December 20, 2020
Most people, at some point, fantasize about being a freelancer, working on their own and coming and going as they please. Usually the conversation goes something like this: “Boy, I wish I could work...
I used to work with a woman who’s favorite saying was,“Never pray for patience because you’re just asking to be tested.” The older I got, the more I understood what she meant, which was, the...
(Martha Graham)  “There is a vitality, a life force, an energy, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all of time, this expression...
Today as I was jotting down thoughts for a New Year’s blog about some of the things we writers (me especially!) need to stop doing this year, and other things we might start trying...
Jamie Ford, the bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, when asked “What holds back most beginning writers and what they should do to make it better?” “Two things. One:...
by Murphy · Published December 31, 2010 · Last modified December 30, 2014
“The road to success is always under construction.” ~ Lily Tomlin I’ve always felt there is a “path” that I am destined to follow in my life and if I just found that path...
Inspire / Work / Writing Tips
by Murphy · Published September 14, 2010 · Last modified September 19, 2017
Writing can be difficult business. It is usually a solitary endeavor that requires us to pull our creative energy from our own mind, heart and spirit. There have been times when I have sat...
Recently I’ve written some historical pieces for magazines. For these articles, I spent uncountable hours conducting in-depth interviews with people who were involved in the story or who could provide me with background, a...
“The desire to write is like a nagging mother.” ~ Erma Bombeck There is an old framed newspaper column hanging above my desk that was written probably more than 20 years ago by...
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