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Layin Low and Regoupin….

December 31, 2011 by fpdorchak

I have been layin’ low and regroupin’ this “Holiday Season,” as I like to call it. And it’s been nice. Been visiting with family, doing some reading and a little writing (sorry, no blog posting), following some writer group loop postings, but not much else…just a general all-around kickin’ back.  Always on the move, always go-go-GOING, it felt great takin’ it easy (at least what I call “takin’ it easy”). Can’t believe how dang fast the year has flown past.

So, one door closes and another is opening. Kinda cool how that happens, huh? Out with the old, yadda x 3. Things are always changing and moving on. Replenishing themselves. There is constant rebirth all around us. Within us. As I frequently like to say, life is what we all make of it, and for this coming 2012 I’d like all of us to make the most of it and not fall prey to all the media hype about Mayans or approaching planets or any other end-of-world scenario…and chose to enjoy our lives as only each of us knows how to do. But more so, I challenge each of us out there to BELIEVE in ourselves. We all have value, and we all contribute to the world. Make no mistake about this.

We all count.

Make your life count by chosing a more positive experience for yourself…which in turn benefits Humanity, because you are part of a whole, and a whole is greater than the sum of its parts (yeah, it’s the “new math”). What you do, what we think–what we all do and think–affects us all. So, make the best of your life, live with a positive attitude, focus on your positive goals, smile, be happy, and greet life with vigor!

Now, I got a bunch of Twilight Zones to record….

Happy 2012, everybody!

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: 2012, believe in yourself, family, goals, Happy New Year!, Holiday Season, Layin low, positive attitiude, reading, rebirth, relax, smile, Twilight Zone, writing

Writing–And Good Taste

November 18, 2011 by fpdorchak

I saw this in the tagline for another writer (thanks, Betsy!), loved it, and wanted to share this cool quote, because, well, many ask how and why I can write some of the stuff I write when I’m not such a bad guy. A quote from John Updike:

“I’m willing to show good taste, if I can, in somebody else’s living room, but our reading life is too short for a writer to be in any way polite.”

John Updike

Filed Under: Metaphysical, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: Betsy Dornbusch, F. P. Dorchak, good taste, John Updike, writing

Publishing – Perhaps WHY Many Not Gettin In?

November 13, 2011 by fpdorchak

[Read more…] about Publishing – Perhaps WHY Many Not Gettin In?

Filed Under: Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: advances, authors, Big 6, midlist authors, midlist publishers, misbehavin, moose out front, platform, Publishers Weekly, Publishing, small press, Whither the Midlist Publisher, writing, Zen

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