The Blog of Heather Blaise by *Heather *

"I'm a novelist. My work is human nature. Real life is all I know. Don't
 ever confuse the two, your life and your work. You will walk out of here
 this afternoon with only one thing that no one else has.
 
 There will be hundreds of people out there with your same degree: there
 will be thousands of people doing what you want to do for a living. But you
 will be the only person alive who has sole custody of your life. Your particular life. Your entire life. Not just your life at a desk, or your
 life on a bus, or in a car, or at the computer. Not just the life of your
 mind, but the life of your heart. Not just your bank accounts but also your
 soul.
 
 People don't talk about the soul very much anymore. It's so much easier to
 write a resume than to craft a spirit. But a resume is cold comfort on a
 winter's night, or when you're sad, or broke, or lonely, or when you've
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