“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” — Stephen King, On Writing: a Memoir of the Craft Writing for a living is many things—art, craft, skill—but most of all, it is work.…
Bobbi Linkemer
Book Coach • Editor • Ghostwriter
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Writers “Just Do It”
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Book Review: How to Quit Working
How to Quit Working: A Simple Plan to Leave Your Job For a Life of Freedom by Jeff Steinmann (Towerview Press) “You deserve a life that lets you get up each day and do exactly what you want, and you can have…
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