Men & Women: Different is Good… Really!

Episode #19 of the Wise Guy Gal Wednesday series features Joy Bennett, a “writer, mother, wife, amateur cardiologist by necessity, bereaved parent, walking by faith, still in process.”

I first connected with Joy on Twitter via the exclusive #coffeeclub (not for the faint of heart) and you will be glad to have “met” her here. Joy writes from the heart and with an authenticity that makes you feel like your sitting with an old friend.

Different is Good… Really!

My husband and I will celebrate our thirteenth anniversary in a few weeks. We’ve crammed a lot into those 13 years – the births of four children, countless vehicle purchases and sales, two children’s medical crises, six open-heart surgeries (all on kids), emergency hospital admissions, the death of a child, depression, changing churches, the death of a church, and the usual everyday irritations of rubbing shoulders with the same people day after day.

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Career Advice from Captain Jack Sparrow

At the beginning of this week I had no intention of doing a pirate series, but sometimes these sort of things just happen. More often than not I find it’s best to just go with the flow.

Savvy?

In the clip below Jack (*ahem*, sorry) Captain Jack Sparrow and Will Turner have just stolen a ship from the British Royal Navy. Jack reveals to Will that his father was a pirate and Jack does not handle the news very well.
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How to Create like Captain Jack Sparrow

In the last few years there has been a resurgence in the popularity of pirates. Jerry Bruckheimer (arguable the most prolific producer of our time) even jumped on the swashbuckling bandwagon and took the reigns through the 4 part adventures of Pirates of the Caribbean.

My favorite character of the blockbuster series is Captain Jack Sparrow, hands down. Despite the fact that Johnny Depp was robbed of an Oscar for the role, the character Captain Jack is mischievous and haphazardly brilliant.

Savvy?
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TENTBLOGGERS UNITE!!

Hey Wise Guys & Gals,

If you use Standard Theme or any of the other awesome products that John Saddington and his 8BIT crew crank out, LISTEN UP!

John cannot tell you enough how incredible WordPress is.
He LOVES WordPress.
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UNTITLED is a Scary Place to Start

“The blank page is a magic box”
- J.J. Abrams

Whenever I sit down to craft something I always have a few moments of writers block. I am gripped with fear and the blank page before me mocks my dream of creating something of value.

Over a month ago I was introduced to Blaine Hogan’s work via an interview with Jeff Goins, one of my favorite bloggers. Blaine had just released his book, UNTITLED, and I was hooked after the first question. (You can checkout the interview here)
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