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11 Ways To Get Paid To Write: Every type of writing gig I’ve ever been paid for (and one that paid ≈$zero).

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“You have to be EL James or Colleen Hoover to make a decent living as a writer! Don’t even try! Get a real job!” Ever hear that? Ignore it. There are countless ways to get paid to write. To give you some ideas, I went all the way back to the early Nineties – the […]

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business, copywriting, email marketing, work entrepreneurs, marketing, success, TV, work, writing jobs

I’m back from Funky Town.

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Hey, I’m back. Why haven’t I posted in the last month? Well, I had a metric shit-ton of work.  And allergies. They’re really bad this year, seriously – I want to scratch my eyes with a fork. And there was that ash cloud. OK, I can’t really blame the volcano in Iceland. Especially since I […]

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procrastination, self-loathing, success, this blog, TV, writing addiction, depression, success, TV

An eye-opening read (which I only bought for the plane).

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Everyone knows, when you’re at the airport, you’re allowed to buy any trashy book you want. Because it’s “for the plane.” I always have a book in my bag that I brought from home. The one I’ve been meaning to read.  But once I get to the airport I admit to myself that that book […]

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Uncategorized addiction, airports, books, drugs, mackenzie phillips, TV

“C” is for Child Star

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Sesame Street was my one big television appearance as a kid. Being in the show open every day for several years can go to a kid’s head. I’m lucky I didn’t end up like the Diff’rent Strokes kids, bless. Other kids around the neighborhood were regulars on the show. I was jealous of those kids. […]

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childhood, New York City, pop culture, TV, wayback 1970s, belgrays on tv, childhood, New York City, sesame street, TV, video

It’s like coming to Broad-WAY!

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Action Park was a water park in New Jersey that deservedly earned the nickname “Accident Park” or, alternately, “Class Action Park.” Having gone there once a summer to slide head-first down their uninspected concrete water slides, with some fat kid crashing into us from behind every time, it’s a miracle my sister and I are […]

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TV 1980s, action park, commercials, memories, TV, video

Little Dope Fiend On The Prairie

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Do they still make Very Special Episodes and After School Specials? I hope so. They were the cornerstone of my education in Things Not To Do, like drugs, drinking, drinking and driving, bingeing and puking, killing yourself, and getting molested by the nice man who owns the bicycle shop. (Poor Dudley.*) Those TV shows served […]

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childhood, TV, Uncategorized 1980s, addiction, after school specials, entrepreneurs, infoproducts, nostalgia, TV

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