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...been sober and on the right track personally for years. Why did you decide to write this book now? In 1995, I didn't have anybody who trusted me. My doctor had given me six months to live. Eight months later, I was still drinking and my body was shutting down and I was in the fetal position after losing my family. So I went to AA and started to clean myself up, and I thought I had done a pretty good job. But there were things I really hadn't looked into. For instance, nobody in my family...
...Deploying pen and ink, pencil, woodcuts, crayons and oils, the drawings in the book are exalting, filling you with joy and revelation. But crucially, Tan can also write: his stories effortlessly rearrange the pattern of reality in prose that is evocative and supple. Seek this book...
...professional help. One frequent blunder even million-dollar-job seekers commit is deciding to write and edit their résumés without expert input. "Your labor is the most valuable thing you're going to sell," says Cenedella. "Would you have an amateur copywriter write copy for the most valuable product you have? Then why would you write your résumé yourself?" Those seeking solid counseling on the résumé front can get it through the Professional Association of Résumé Writers & Career Coaches or sites like ResumeWriters.com where a résumé overhaul starts...
...companies like Bill Me Later, a payment system, and Danish classified-ad sites that have synergy with eBay's brand. He's also re-evaluating whether to spin off Skype, the voice-over-IP phone-system acquisition that was Whitman's biggest mistake, not to mention a $1.4 billion write-off. eBay overpaid for a company that doesn't directly benefit the core business. Donahoe also launched a new search platform to better catalog the 120 million live listings...
...castle to a rock is kind of a downgrade, for writers from The Harvard Lampoon, this seems to have become part of a seasonal migration. Since the inception of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, the Lampoon has sent a steady stream of graduates to write for the sketch comedy show broadcast live from Studio 8H at 30 Rockefeller Center, also known as 30 Rock. There are currently five Lampoon graduates on SNL’s 33-member writing team, which includes all the cast members and producer Lorne Michaels. James M. Downey...