Hillary Rettig

An Open Letter From an Indie Author to America's Independent Booksellers

Hillary Rettig | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Independent Booksellers, Farhad Manjoo, Hillary Rettig, 7 Secrets of the Prolific, Barry Eisler, Salon, Amazon, Joe Konrath, Books News
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Many indie authors, as it happens, are highly entrepreneurial and professional, and many of us are managing to sell our books on Amazon and elsewhere, so why shouldn't you be able to work with us and cash in?

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How Labeling and Hyperbole Sabotage Your Writing Productivity

Hillary Rettig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Writers Block, Hillary Rettig, Perfectionism, Procrastination, Secrets of the Prolific, William Faulkner, Red Smith, Fran Lebowitz, Productivity, Books News
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Make no mistake: labels create a powerful expectation. Only use those that support your success -- and feel free to use them abundantly.

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Perfectionists Love MacGuffins

Hillary Rettig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hillary Rettig, Time Management, Perfectionism, Writing, Perfectionist, Fiction Writing, Effectiveness, Writer's Block, Productivity, Books News
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A writing MacGuffin seems like the most important thing in the world, but it is a meaningless distraction from the real issue: fear.

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How to Overcome Writer's Block

Hillary Rettig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Procrastination, Hillary Rettig, Time Management, Perfectionism, Writer's Block, Books News
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Get a timer and set it for 5 minutes. Then write. When the timer dings, you stop. Only when you are completed rested and relaxed should you reset the timer and start over.

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Perfectionism And Addiction

Hillary Rettig | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Addiction, Hillary Rettig, Perfectionism, Compulsive Overeating, Recovery, Addiction & Recovery, Healthy Living News
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The link between perfectionism and addiction has been well documented, but I believe that perfectionism plays a more central role in addiction than is generally thought -- that perfectionism itself can be addictive.

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Speed as an Antidote to Writer's Block

Hillary Rettig | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Procrastination, Hillary Rettig, Time Management, Perfectionism, Writer's Block, Healthy Living News
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Productive people write without much distraction. They don't, for instance, stop to check their emails or text messages every few words or paragraphs

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Manscaping

Daniel Krotz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Secret History, Berryville, Hillary Rettig, G.K. Chesterton, Larry McMurtry, Arkansas, Procopius, Style News
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Hillary Rettig says, "Manscaping is taking some raw, unfinished, barely civilized grunter of a guy and making him fabulous." In broad terms: the landscaping of poky territory between a man's foot and head.

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The Eroticization of Equality and Social Justice

Hillary Rettig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hillary Rettig, George Lakoff, The Lifelong Activist, Romance, Love, Fiction, Freedom, Politics News
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What do conservatives -- and repressive regimes and ideologies the world over -- have against romance, love and sex? Why do they need to control them so much?

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My Big Fat Vegan Kidney Donation

Hillary Rettig | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Kidney Donation, Hillary Rettig, Altruism, Vegan, Philanthropy, Kidney Transplant, Vegetarian, Animal Rights, Charity, Green News, Kidneys, Organ Donors, Healthy Living News
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A lot of people look at you weird when you tell them you're donating a kidney to a non-family member, just as they look at you weird when you tell them you're vegan.

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Our Economy, Then and Now

Hillary Rettig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Justice, Hillary Rettig, Unemployment, Empowerment, Activism, The Bailout, Economy, The Lifelong Activist, Politics News
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My students are all working as hard or much harder than my parents did -- some holding two and even three jobs -- but can barely cover rent and food - with rent alone usually amounting to around 50% of their income.

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The Marvelous Mentor Mentality and How it Can Help You Succeed

Hillary Rettig | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Success, Self Help, Growth, Lifelong Activist, Hillary Rettig, Mentoring, Happiness, Healthy Living News
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Mentors are particularly useful for life and career planning, and for guiding you through complex projects that would be hard to learn solely through books.

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