Joe Nobody has published over a million words and is fast closing in on the 2 million - word mark.
Here's some good advice from him:
"You can't edit, improve, revise or proof what isn't written yet. Dump. Let your voice sing and pump that word count. Don't hesitate, muse, ponder or think about it. Write like a crazed demon and go back and fix it later."
Why Are We Giving Up Free Speech?
A couple of days ago, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she wanted to use the 25th Amendment to create a commission to determine if the President is incapacitated and can be forced from office.
So I wrote a short note to a writer's forum, saying that without the 2nd Amendment, there can be no 25th Amendment.
Today I got a note from the forum moderator for violating the new policy against political comments. Now my future notes will not be published until, and unless approved by the moderator.
So I responded.
Because Madam Nancy is not inclined to enforce the 2nd Amendment, then she shouldn't be able to use the 25th.
I was lucky that I had not made the political post in China, I said, because I could now be in prison in China
The moderator claimed I was pushing the boundary.
Well, he's right. Writers have been pushing boundaries since moveable type.
I did not apologize for using free speech. After all, this isn't China, yet.
If we keep giving up free speech, then surely we will lose it.
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