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One Block at a Time

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By Kent Sanders

Some 4,500 years ago, tens of thousands of Egyptian workers descended upon the Giza Plateau to begin a massive construction project like the world had ...

Slow & Steady Wins the Race

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By Kent Sanders

One of Aesop’s best-known fables is “The Tortoise and the Hare.” You’ve probably heard the story before. The hare challenges the tortoise to a race, confident ...

The Pebble in Your Shoe

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By Kent Sanders

There’s something that has been bothering you. It’s like a pebble in your shoe that irritates you just enough that you think about it all ...

Are You Grateful for Your Critics?

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By Kent Sanders

This is the seventh and final entry in our mini-series on dealing with rejection. Rejection is not fun, but it still has an important place ...

Journal of a Memoir #1

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By Kent Sanders

In this episode, I begin a series on the making of my Father’s memoir of his experiences in Vietnam. I’ll be writing it with him ...

It Only Takes One Match to Burn a Bridge Down

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By Kent Sanders

This is the sixth entry in our mini-series on dealing with rejection. When your writing has been rejected—or at least, when you perceive that it ...

Stop and Check in With Yourself

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By Kent Sanders

This is the fifth entry in our mini-series on dealing with rejection. If you saw the 2009 movie Star Trek, which was, of course, a ...

You’re Being Prepared for Something Great

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By Kent Sanders

This is the fourth entry in our series on dealing with rejection. One of the biggest paradoxes of feeling hurt is that everyone experiences it, ...

You Don’t Need a Gatekeeper

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By Kent Sanders

This is the third entry in our mini-series on dealing with rejection. The publishing world has changed radically in the last fifteen years or so. ...