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Writing on the Run Tip of the Week, 2-4-07, Laws of Vibration and of Res
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Allen Anderson
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Feb 06, 2007 04:29 PST
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Writing on the Run Tip of the Week
February 4, 2007
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Dear Writing Friends,
Welcome to Writing on the Run Tip of the Week.
We are founders and members of a writing group that meets every
Thursday. The rules are simple. Do first draft writing for one-hour
then read to the group what you've just written. It can be fiction,
non-fiction, poetry, wherever your creativity takes you. After you have
read your first draft writing, the other writers can give comments and
encourage the writer by expressing what works best.
Specific, positive comments give the writer encouragement and more to
work with when developing the piece later. If someone says, "The image
of the football worked for me," that is helpful. If someone says, "That
was nice," it is encouraging but not especially helpful. If you are in a
writer's group, try to give details in your feedback that will let the
writer know what is working.
We're announcing the 2007 Angel Dogs at Work True Story Contest in this
issue of the newsletter. The details are below in the announcement
section of the newsletter.
Also, please notice an announcement below about our publisher, New World
Library, offering a 20 percent discount on ALL of their books. We are
mentioning it because New World Library has been wonderful about
publishing and promoting our series of books for all of you.
Remember, life is your page.
We hope these tips bring you closer to achieving your writing goals and
inspire you to share your own great ideas for how to enjoy writing, even
when life gets busy. Send us your timesaving and inspiring tips for
writing on the run.
We invite you to e-mail this week's tip in its entirety to, other
writers who might benefit from it.
Sincerely,
Allen and Linda Anderson
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TIP OF THE WEEK
LAWS OF VIBRATION AND OF RESISTANCE
By Allen and Linda Anderson
VIBRATION:
Notice when the people around you are reacting negatively to your desire
to write and to the fact that you are getting serious about achieving
your writing goals.
Talk with them honestly and listen to their concerns about how they are
"vibrating" because you (at the center of their universe) are changing.
RESISTANCE:
Notice the people who are sabotaging your writing. Are there friends or
family members who consistently call and deliberately interrupt your
scheduled writing time? Who makes snide remarks about or ridicules your
writing goals?
Have honest discussions about why they are doing this. In some cases,
these friends may be experiencing jealousy that you are doing something
meaningful and they are not. This may mean that you reevaluate your
relationship with envious friends or spend less time with them.
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:
How can you deal with vibration and resistance in your efforts to write
on the run?
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WRITING ON THE RUN QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"Read, read, read. Read everything - trash, classics, good and bad, and
see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice
and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it's
good, you'll find out. If it's not, throw it out of the window."
--William Faulkner
"The ideal view for daily writing, hour on hour, is the blank brick wall
of a cold-storage warehouse. Failing this, a stretch of sky will do,
cloudless, if possible."
--Edna Ferber
"Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should
contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for
the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a
machine no unnecessary parts."
--William Strunk, Jr.
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ANNOUNCEMENT:
NEW CONTEST
Do You Know a Dog Who Has Found a Purpose in Life?
Do you have a dog who demonstrates what it means and how fulfilling it
is to have a life's purpose? Have you lived with a dog who performs
some type of physical, emotional, or spiritual services for you or
others? Have you had a miraculous or mystical experience with a dog who
teaches others how to give without expecting a return?
Submit your maximum 2,000-word true story to the 2007 Angel Dogs at Work
Contest. Allen and Linda Anderson, authors of God's Messengers, Angel
Cats, Angel Dogs, Rainbows & Bridges, Rescued: Saving Animals from
Disaster, and Angel Horses offer this contest to honor the spiritual
connection between humans and dogs who give service to life.
The Andersons are sponsoring this contest to help them find potential
stories for publication in their upcoming book, Angel Dogs at Work:
Divine Messengers Who Found Their Life's Purpose. One grand prize of
$250 will be awarded to the first-place winner. A second-place prize of
$25.00 will be awarded to an additional five contestants. There is no
entry fee. The contest begins on February 15, 2007, and submissions must
be postmarked on or prior to July 15, 2007. Complete contest rules and
entry form are at www.angelanimals.net/awards.html
NEW ANNOUNCEMENT
New World Library is offering a 20 percent discount on ALL New World
Library titles ordered through its website by February 28, 2007. The
address is www.newworldlibrary.com. The discount code is ALLBOOKS.
Please enter the code on the order page
New World Library has always been proud to bring vital new voices it
feels counterbalance an increasingly homogenized corporate publishing
world. Through the years reader support has helped propel many of its
authors and titles to the bestseller lists -- authors such as Eckhart
Tolle, Dan Millman, Deepak Chopra, Shakti Gawain, Richard Carlson. The
success of its books has allowed the company to do exactly what
publisher Marc Allen set out to do in 1977: "Publish books that change
lives."
A HOT READS FOR COLD NIGHTS EVENT
Allen and Linda Anderson will discuss heart-rending and inspiring rescue
stories of animal survivors of Hurricane Katrina. They will also provide
suggestions on how to keep your pets safe from natural disasters. As
founders of the Angel Animals Network, the Anderson's have written
numerous books on the deep connection between humans and animals.
Date & Time: February 13, Tuesday, 7:00 - 8:00 pm
Location: Galaxie Library, 14955 Galaxie Avenue,
Apple Valley, MN, Info: 952-891-7050
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BOOKS by Allen and Linda Anderson:
RESCUED: Saving Animals from Disaster
(www.rescuedsavinganimals.net)
ANGEL HORSES: Divine Messengers Hope
ANGEL DOGS: Divine Messengers of Love
RAINBOWS & BRIDGES: An Animal Companion Memorial Kit
ANGEL CATS: Divine Messengers of Comfort
GOD'S MESSENGERS: What Animals Teach Us about the Divine
ANGEL ANIMALS: Exploring Our Spiritual Connection with Animals.
All of Allen and Linda's books are available at online or regular
bookstores, some Costco stores, and at many gift shops that sell animal
books, and through www.newworldlibrary.com, which offers discounts for
purchasing multiple books. Angel Horses, Angel Dogs, and Angel Cats are
also available at One Spirit Book Club.
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OTHER INFORMATION
Writing on the Run is devoted to collecting and disseminating ideas and
inspiration to help people keep writing, as a vital part of their lives.
You can learn more about Writing on the Run by visiting
www.writingontherun.com.
If you send this newsletter to others (and we hope that you will),
please don't change it in any way and include the information above
about Writing on the Run (TM) Website. We'd appreciate it if you would
encourage others to subscribe. The more ideas, the better for all of us.
Thank you.
This newsletter is sent to you by Writing on the Run (TM) Copyright
2007, Allen and Linda Anderson. All rights reserved. Nothing in this
newsletter may be reproduced or published without the written permission
of the individual authors and/or copyright owners. Writing on the Run
(TM) is a trademarked name.
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