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    • Stop Procrastinating
    • Recognize and Overcome Perfectionism
    • Recognize Situational Perfectionism
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    • Stop Hoarding Your Work
    • Deal With Email Overload
    • Cope With Clueless Questions, Crass Comments, and Crazy Conjectures
    • Support Someone Looking for Work
    • Help Your Kid Overcome a Video Game Habit
    • Live Your Summer Life All Year Long
    • Recognize, and Cope With, Success-Related Losses
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How to Cope With Clueless Questions, Crass Comments, and Crazy Conjectures

By Hillary | October 11, 2019 | 0

Note: I’m re-upping this one from 2013, as it seems a useful follow-up to the Robert Caro post. Also see this piece on Advice for Academic Couples (excerpted from my book The 7 Secrets of the Prolific.) – Best, Hillary Oh, the things people say to writers! “What do you do?” “What do you write?”…

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