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What’s the worst advice you’ve ever got?

That’s the topic for this week’s Blog Gang meme, and you can bet your crazy old auntie I’m going to wade in on this one!

Career advice Come to think of it, there’s been one heck of a lot of bad advice in my life – and that’s only counting the pieces of advice I didn’t have quite enough sense (or enough self-confidence?) to ignore.

In rough chronological order, here’s some Really Bad Advice that leaps to memory:
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Art Needs More Words

Art Needs More Words

Writing the “interpretive text” for an art museum’s exhibition is nowhere near as glamorous and creative a job as you might think. And whenever that’s my job du jour, the thesaurus gets a total workout. Oh, sure, the dictionary sees a good bit of action, too — Photo credt: nugun Should we capitalize Raku? How [...]

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Wild Hippie Woman

Wild Hippie Woman

If you haven’t already met Claudia through her crystal-wit comments scattered about on Domestik Goddess, you might want to do yourself the favour of going to Dragonfly Dreaming to meet her now. Why? Here’s why: I am a wild hippie woman. Natural, loving, instinctual, endangered, untamed, playful, fierce, inquisitive, artistic, intellectual, spirited, nurturing, unconquerable, melodramatic, [...]

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Cat Desk Box

Cat Desk Box

If you’ve ever been owned by a cat, you’ll know what a charming pest a cat can be. Bored cats and the desks of busy people are (a) inevitably going to come together at some point, if there’s a cat in the house, and (b) not always a wonderful thing for productivity. My own habit [...]

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6 Story Words, 5 Clint Eastwood Impressions and 3 Writing Tips: it's a Me Me Me Meme Soup

6 Story Words, 5 Clint Eastwood Impressions and 3 Writing Tips: it's a Me Me Me Meme Soup

Of all the various freelance writing jobs I do in real life, my all-time least favourite task is to write the little blurb for the back cover of a book. Succinct is not my forte. I am a natural-born babbler, as those who move through my life will know (to the detriment of their ears [...]

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