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[Brad Dunsé]

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On 3/3/2012  12:01 AM Brad Dunsé said...
>Guys,
>
>I think some of the sluggish 
>writing/evaluating  is due to what Robert 
>referred to the other day,  being busy.
>
>In my case I run a business which has its 
>demands:  work the route, pay bills, order 
>product, and so forth;, I’m also taking a couple 
>self-paced courses, trying to get some web 
>content done on two different sites plus figure 
>out how to build one  of them from bare bones 
>content manager yikes, put together marketing 
>ideas and otherwise work a business plan, and 
>try to get my weekly goals I need to get done in 
>order to launch a freelance commercial writing 
>business this spring/summer. The most writing 
>I’ve done is the monthly songwriting tip column 
>I do. I even put my music life on hold because I 
>knew things would get tight. In fact, my love, 
>my first love, more specifically my guitar, 
>thinks I’m cheating on her because I have stood 
>her up more than taken her out for a play haha.
>
>I try to offer what I can, when I feel I have 
>something to offer, and also try to give as much 
>detail as I can or am able, but I am limited to 
>how much I can do strictly on time’s demand, not 
>unwillingness to do so. Even then, I still fall 
>short of the tasks I need to do.
>
>Perhaps it sounds harsh, but I generally offer 
>input on those who have done same for me. Not 
>out of spite for those who haven’t’ as I could 
>easily spend all kinds of time reading and 
>helping where I can because I not only like to 
>help, I also learn a ton that way. but I do feel 
>if someone has taken time to look at one of my 
>pieces, I owe them the same courtesy . I hope 
>I’ve managed to do that anyway. I’d been 
>thinking about that earlier this week in fact, 
>and thought maybe I can at least pick one piece 
>a weekk to do a feedback. Perhaps that seems a 
>pittance, but that’s a lot from this end at the moment.
>
>At any rate, I’m sure it’ll pick back up again. 
>I will say the mantra I say in songwriting 
>evaluations, it is good to get several sources 
>of input and not just rely on one or two of them.
>
>Brad
>
>
>
>
>Brad Dunsé
>
>"It is essential to our well-being, and to our 
>lives, that we play and enjoy life. Every single 
>day, do something that makes your heart sing." --Marcia Wieder
>
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Brad Dunsé

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