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CareerandaLife

How-To Have a Career and a Life

HOW-TO HAVE A LIFE AND A CAREER By Vicki Hinze Time is tight.  It’s always tight.  Odds are, it will always be tight.  But if you want to do something, you’ll find time to do it the same way others do:  you’ll make time to do it.   I’ve [...]
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Men Need More Stuff

Men Need More Stuff By Vicki Hinze   When it comes to writing, everything is fodder, particularly the study of people, their habits, likes and dislikes, their behavior and dispositions.  So I’ve been doing a little informal study of [...]
Seizing-Chances

Seize the Chance: Kick the New Year’s Blahs to the Curb

Seize the Chance:  Kick the New Year’s Blahs to the Curb By Vicki Hinze Trees are down, gifts have been shared, we’ve been to the last social function of the season, and while we’re tired from all the hoopla, we’re also a little blah [...]
TipsBetterNY

Tips for a Better New Year

Tips for a Better New Year By Vicki Hinze   In a few short days, the door will close on 2013. That means, if we want a better 2014, we’ve got a few short days to figure out what we can do to make it better. For some, 2013 has been a [...]
HOLIDAYBLUES

Holiday Blues: When You’ve Lost Everything

HOLIDAY BLUES:  WHEN YOU’VE LOST EVERYTHING  By  Vicki Hinze   This year, more than most, I’m hearing from people who have lost everything.  They’re feeling hopeless and helpless.  Defeated in life, or by life.  Some have lost [...]
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Great Gifts for Writers

  GREAT GIFTS FOR WRITERS by Vicki Hinze   I’m shopping late this year due to surgery and a couple complications knocking me to my knees–and I’m reminded of Christmases past–and faux pas committed on behalf of well-meaning [...]
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HOLIDAYS AND THE BEST LAID PLANS

HOLIDAYS AND THE BEST LAID PLANS By Vicki Hinze Today is Thanksgiving.  It’s a time for feasting and family and for remembering the history of the holiday.  (Hint: If you don’t recall that, read last Thursday’s article on it, on George [...]
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The Truth about Thanksgiving

By Vicki Hinze While this isn’t an article on books, it is a reminder to readers (and writers) that history, storytelling, and reading stories has power.  All can change lives, open closed minds and hearts, offer different perspectives that [...]
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Why Do Readers Read What They Read

WHY DO READERS READ WHAT BOOKS THEY READ? by Vicki Hinze Every now and then, readers and writers are subjected to comments from other people about the reading material they have selected. Some of the comments are from people we know, others [...]
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WRITERS WRITE AND READERS TOUCH LIVES

WRITERS WRITE AND READERS TOUCH LIVES By Vicki Hinze    Most writers write because they have something to say they want others to hear.  Something that the writer deems significant enough to sacrifice time doing other things—children and [...]