Thursday, October 23, 2014

I tweeted Neil Diamond - love to get feedback from other writers


.Fun Twitter happening last night with one of the most prolific songwriters of our times.

Neil Diamond 

22h22 hours ago
do you still use yellow legal pads for writing or has technology replaced them ?
I remember reading that he said he scribbled song lyrics on legal pads and with even 2 yr olds today embracing technology, I wanted to know if he had changed his writing habits to be faster, more mobile, etc 
here's what Neil Diamond tweeted back to me.

@jbaldini The legal pad is a necessity for me, I can write, cross out and change faster than a computer and doesn't require electricity.
— Neil Diamond (@NeilDiamond) October 23, 2014

My own writing habits have been both in the files on my laptop and the old standby nostalgic composition notebook with a pack of yellow sharpened pencils.



Writers have different rituals they follow.
Some only write a certain time of day.
Some in a certain location.
I knew a writer who had a lucky sweater, if he didn't have it, he didn't write that day.

Share with us... love to hear
What's your MO for writing ?

Friday, October 17, 2014

Permission Granted ...Eckhart Tolle


 The present moment is the most precious thing there is.

"People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind."

"...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whatever form. Both are illusions."

"Time isn't precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time — past and future — the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is."

"Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment."

"Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now."

"As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love – even the most simple action."

Sunday, October 5, 2014

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