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Month: September 2019

Book writing: The thin line between love and hate

September 23, 2019September 24, 2019Leave a comment

The bitter truth about scholarly writing is that it is really hard work, and that no matter how much better or more confident or more experienced you become as a writer, it never stops being hard work. Every new paper or chapter or book makes a new argument, and that argument needs to be built, … Continue reading Book writing: The thin line between love and hate

Writer, know thyself

September 13, 2019Leave a comment

Lao Tzu said to know others is wisdom, to know yourself is enlightenment. Enlightenment is insight, awareness, understanding; to be enlightened is to have a deeper ability to see and understand yourself, and why you behave, think, and act the way you do. It is a significant goal of humanity, to achieve an enlightened state … Continue reading Writer, know thyself

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