Doing your own thing
“Do your own thing. Let others own their own thing. If you copy too much, you’ll find yourself in late-night cocktail lounge cover-band limbo.” ~ Kurt Cobain, Journals
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Cindy La Ferle
Throughout my career, I've worked as a book production editor, travel magazine editor, features writer, and weekly newspaper columnist. My award-winning lifestyles features and essays have appeared in many national magazines and anthologies, including Newsweek, Reader's Digest, The Christian Science Monitor, Writer's Digest, Victoria, Better Homes & Gardens, Bella Grace, and more. My weekly Sunday "Life Lines" column ran for 14 years in The Daily Tribune (Royal Oak, MI) and won a First Place (Local Columns) award from the Michigan Press Association. My essay collection, Writing Home, includes 93 previously published columns and essays focusing on parenthood and family life.
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Susan Frentz
Another thought provoking article, Cindy. You’re a true Original.
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Thanks, Susan — and back at you!
Lynne
Perfect timing, Cindy. I was thinking about this subject over the past few days. Sometimes it takes the wind out of your sail. And yet, I keep on trying.
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Sorry, I made a type in the last reply to you….
I know, Lynne. I hit these walls all the time. As I like to say in my workshops, the good news is that everyone can publish on the internet; the bad news is that everyone can publish on the internet. We just have to try harder now.