Ask the Author: Joe Fontenot
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Joe Fontenot
Nick and Nora Charles, from the Thin Man (film).
Joe Fontenot
To learn the difference between a thick skin and a tough skin. The first is supple, allows you to incorporate change, and still be a person. The second is like armor, nothing in and nothing out. The first comes out of a lot of hurt--and that's okay. The second come from getting hurt and then running away instead of working through it. The first is, I think, the successful path.
Joe Fontenot
Two things. I plan ahead of time where I want to go. Before I start writing, I know the end goal. Doing that means I'm only filling in the middle part. And second, I write as regularly as I can (to make it like a habit). That helps in the willpower department.
Oh, and a third thing: I try only to focus on what interests me. That can change in the middle of a project, so the first two things help this by keeping me on the straight and narrow.
Oh, and a third thing: I try only to focus on what interests me. That can change in the middle of a project, so the first two things help this by keeping me on the straight and narrow.
Joe Fontenot
By both reading and writing on things that already interest me. How they relate to my 'field' is usually a much later consideration.
Joe Fontenot
It started with my own problem. In my own life, desire wasn't enough to create a regular and consistent prayer time.
Joe Fontenot
As of right now, I'm in the research phase of a practical book on spiritual warfare.
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