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Dr Johnson on Success
Samuel Johnson grew up poor and handicapped in 18th Century England. He was also brilliant and determined to be independent. Son of a bookseller, Johnson was a voracious reader.
While attending Oxford, young Samuel was mortified when a fellow student left a pair of shoes on the doorstep one night after noticing the condition of his tattered shoes. He dropped out of Oxford after a year, unable to pay his tuition.
Might Fear Be An Asset For A Writer?
“You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith.” ~ Mary Manin Morrissey
“The difference between a would-be author and a published author is the published author has audacity.” ~ Jennifer Manlowe
Fear can be a huge boulder in any writer’s path, preventing her or him from being able to see that there might be a way to work with, even capitalize on, its universality.

