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Stephen King related an anecdote in his book On Writing about his motivation in his very early years. He questioned how he would feel, what his life would be like, if he waited until he was 50 to begin writing.

After a couple of decades of working in publishing, advertising, and graphic design, I realized I felt I had more to offer from the writing side. That is, I decided to work for practically no money, instead of a "real job." This is surprisingly satisfying to me, not so surprising to my writer friends.

I hope you enjoy my work.

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Emerging research shows there could be a simple 3-step method to attaining happiness. 1) Surround yourself with happy people. A Harvard Medical School and University of California study indicates a person's happiness could affect (and be affected by) the happiness of people in their periphery, showing happiness spreads through social networks the way a virus does. James H. Fowler, PhD, of UC-San Diego says: "There is a direct relationship between one person's happiness and another's, but this study shows that indirect relationships also affect happiness. We found a statistical relationship...
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