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Reality Check #3: You’re STILL Not Original

"Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it." –Laurence J. Peter "Don’t worry about people stealing an idea. If it’s original, you will have to ram it down their throats." –Howard Aiken "Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try
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Reality Check #2: You Aren’t Original

Just FYI, the woman who brought hand cream on a plane is in custody tonight, so you can rest easy tonight. Come on! Ladies, quit jerking around and just give up the lotion already! Okay. Sorry. That’s done. Originally, this began in my hard drive as a post on creativity, how to be creative and cultivate it and all that.
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Reality Check #1: Charisma Sells

So. A while back I promised some revelations about the inner workings of Christian publishing, for which you’ve all been exceptionally patient. I do appreciate it, as I’m trying to get this silly novel in shape. But I’m excited about some of the discussions going on post-ICRS on the CBA landscape, and I just can’t stay silent ’bout some unavoidable
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