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  • Advice on Overbearing People
    Posted on Tuesday, November 13th, 2018 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: @carol_mcclain, arrogance, changing yourself, forgiveness, overbearing people, Writing Redemption

    By: Carol McClain       carol_mcclain     Do you have to work, associate, or go to church with an overbearing person who monopolizes everything and thinks only of him/herself? Of course you do. We all run into people in our lives who drive us nuts. This past weekend I attended a book signing with a marketing group …[ read more ]

  • Key to Failure in Writing
    Posted on Saturday, February 16th, 2013 | Filed under Blog | Tagged: arrogance, Key to failure, writing

    Proud As A Peacock I loved the Dixie Chicks . Their sound crossed the line between old-time country and the contemporary. The use of the fiddle, the guitar work, the entire package worked for these classically trained musicians. Perhaps success came too easy for them and handed them their key to failure. They should have understood their …[ read more ]

  • The Bane of Arrogance
    Posted on Wednesday, August 22nd, 2012 | Filed under Uncategorized | Tagged: arrogance, criticism, ego, truth

    Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Arrogance. Yep, what none of us have. Take me for example: humble, honest and willing to grow. That is until I bombed ANOTHER writing contest. As I judged the Carol Awards, I tried to offer constructive criticism. After all, if a writer (or anyone) wants to grow, she needs to see her …[ read more ]

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    • Five Ways To Keep Your Resolutions

      “How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. What we do with this hour and with that one, is what we are doing.” ― Annie Dillard, The Writing Life It's the new year, and of course, you've made resolutions. Do you want to exercise more? Cook healthy meals? Write a book? Have you resolved that this is the year you'd accomplish this? Nearly all of us have already broken our resolves. Why? Because we do what we want to do. Wait, our resolves are our desire, or so we think. Not if you're not doing… ...[ full story ]

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