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Here at This is Not a Shortcut I am taking my writing from morning journal to getting published.

Hi, I’m Spencer. Currently a salesman for a small family owned business, father, and hopefully a freelance writer that created this blog to document my journey becoming a published writer (literally anywhere).

Are We Fraudulent?

Making changes in our lives can be so easy, yet so frustratingly difficult. I love the idea of having a blog that I regularly write for. I love the idea of having a few people that are legitimate fans of the writing. But I honestly don’t know that I would be a fan of my…

Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

I’ve logged a nice win for myself today. On the one hand, I should have wrote and published a blog post this morning. This is the proverbial step back. Sadly, I missed that target. On the other hand, I have matured (that’s what I’m calling it, leave me alone) out of constant content consumption. Plus,…

Asking Better Questions: Part 1

Have you ever gotten yourself into a tight spot because you were asking too many questions? Or, just asking the wrong one question? Welcome to the club. I was got sucker punched by a drunk guy that I thought was my friend, because I asked if he was seriously that mad about someone else having…

3 Rules to Improve Your Writing

How best to improve your writing? I’ve been writing consistently for well over a year now. Which was preceded with another year-ish of consistent writing as well. So you might say that I am an expert in this new writing thing that hasn’t even been around longer than the internet. All joking aside, I’m still…

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