• Café Life is the Colony's main hangout, watering hole and meeting point.

    This is a place where you'll meet and make writing friends, and indulge in stratospherically-elevated wit or barometrically low humour.

    Some Colonists pop in religiously every day before or after work. Others we see here less regularly, but all are equally welcome. Two important grounds rules…

    • Don't give offence
    • Don't take offence

    We now allow political discussion, but strongly suggest it takes place in the Steam Room, which is a private sub-forum within Café Life. It’s only accessible to Full Members.

    You can dismiss this notice by clicking the "x" box

Giving & Asking: From Author Steven Pressfield's Blog

Invest in You. Get Full Membership now.
Status
Not open for further replies.

Katie-Ellen

Full Member
Blogger
Joined
Sep 25, 2014
Location
UK
LitBits
0
England
Steven Pressfield is the writer of 'Gates of Fire'; a novel about the Spartans at Thermopylae, and 'The Legend of Bagger Vance', in which golfing heals souls and invokes the supernatural. 'The Legend of Bagger Vance' was made into a movie (clips here)

Here in his regular Wednesday blog posting, he talks about the give and take of cadging and schmoozing, and stopping short of shameless.

http://www.stevenpressfield.com/2015/04/an-ask-too-far-2/?mc_cid=5b2d3b0d8d&mc_eid=fc94972b12

Watch the clip following the trailer. 'There's that perfect shot out there, waiting to find each and every one of us. We gotta get out of its way and let it choose us. THAT is our authentic swing.'
 
Last edited:
Status
Not open for further replies.

Further Articles from the Author Platform

Latest Articles By Litopians

  • Hat Thieves Beware
    Summer 2017… schools and nurseries were closed for the holidays, and the grandkids were kicking th ...
  • Writer Beware
    I think AI is inundating my email inbox with author scams. Apparently AI is somehow gathering data o ...
  • Bad advice
    I’ve been on X again. I know, I know. I need to stop, but something keeps drawing me back. Maybe i ...
  • Farty Towels?
    I’ve always found it strange that often the first thing guests ask me, when I check them in is, ...
  • Consequential Detritus
    Mars 20,025 Xenoarchaeological Survey Team Epsilon for Galactic Central Command Captain Mandible? Ye ...
  • The Writer’s House
    Bristol is one of my favourite cities. I visit here a few times a year, and the second part of my no ...
  • The Song of Bert and Harry: The Name of that Pub
    “We went for a pub meal last night,” Bert suddenly announced. “Nice place, all done out with ...
What Goes Around
Comes Around!
Back
Top