Focus Fox says: “The question isn’t who’s going to let me; it’s who is going to stop me. And that’s when the cop walked in.”
paraphrasing Ayn Rand
Focus Fox
Focus Fox: Wands
Focus Fox says: “Use your head to handle yourself; Use your heart to handle others; use your hands to handle a magic wand.”
paraphrasing Eleanor Roosevelt
Focus Fox: The Future
Focus Fox says: The best way to predict the future is to invent it or invent a time machine.
paraphrasing Alan Kay
Focus Fox: Perfect
Focus Fox says: Done is better than perfect. Unless you’re playing scrabble.
paraphrasing Sheryl Sandberg
Focus Fox: Dawn
Focus Fox says: However long the night, the dawn will break. It’s cleaning up when it breaks that’s the issue.
Paraphrasing an African Proverb – Hausa Tribe
Focus Fox: Book
Focus Fox says: Having a physical reminder of the things you want to achieve can be very helpful. Try sticking a book in your back pocket to remind you that writing is a pain in the butt.
Focus Fox: Fear
Focus Fox says: The only thing we have to fear in writing is fear itself, well and acquisition editors… and agents… and bad reviews… and social media… and wolves… and cougars. Quick run to your dens.
Focus Fox: The Worst Novel
Focus Fox says: The worst novel on the page is far better than the best novel in your head. Unless placed there by alien tech, then it’s a toss up.
Focus Fox: Muses
Focus Fox says: If your novel suxs, you can always try burning it in a ritual sacrifice to appease the Muses. Or you could learn from it and make the next one better.
Focus Fox: Try
Focus Fox Says: There is no try, only do, and do not. So be careful which one you use or you could cause a space-time paradox.
