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Confessions of a Writing Coach (opens the original)
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“Who do you think you are? You call yourself a writing coach? Someday they’re going to find out you don’t know what you’re doing.”Do those sentiments sound familiar? When I began my new career as a writing coach, I started hearing them in my head. It was my old nemesis, imposter syndrome, stopping by to visit me again. Over the past few months, it’s knocked on my door several times, trying to get in and make itself comfortable.The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines imposter syndrome as“a psychol
There’s a Dry Eye in the House (opens the original)
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“I opened two gifts this morning. They were my eyes.” – Zig ZiglarToday’s writing prompt is a photo of Dallas Road in Victoria, BC, taken on May 1, 2021. It was less than two months before a historic heat dome settled over British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures went as high as 39.8 degrees Celsius — not your typical Victoria summer day!<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EtTS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3
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