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Douglas Green

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Kansas City, The United States

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http://www.askshirelle.com

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Douglas Green is a psychotherapist working in private practice in Los Angeles, specializing in helping kids and teens build lives they can be proud of.

Doug grew up in Kansas City, and has lived in Connecticut and Australia. For over twenty years, he worked in the entertainment world, as a writer, director, producer, editor, actor, assistant director, even truck driver. Plays he wrote and directed have won multiple awards, and he has numerous shorts, ads, and music videos, to his name. In 2000, he released the feature film The Hiding Place, starring Kim Hunter and Timothy Bottoms – a searing look at the effects of Dementia on a family – which has been shown around the world and written up in journals as diverse as Variety and Playboy.

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Thank you for adding me and also sharing the story of Shirelle - it was so touching and she was really a beautiful dog! Is there another dog in your life now?

Douglas Green Thanks Lozzi! I'm very glad you were touched by Shirelle's story, and you're sure right, she was gorgeous!

I have lots of dogs in my life, of course - …moreThanks Lozzi! I'm very glad you were touched by Shirelle's story, and you're sure right, she was gorgeous!

I have lots of dogs in my life, of course - those living with friends and family - but I haven't had one of my own since Shirelle. Which was never my intention! I've just been outrageously busy for the last few years, between building my professional practice, and working to get this book ready.

But my promise to myself is that, when the initial publicity push for the book is done, I will get a puppy. And just as when I found Shirelle, I'll go into the search with no intent for any particular sort. But just with hopes that I can find as miraculous a connection as I did last time.
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How do you deal with writer’s block?

Douglas Green I am a huge fan of Dennis Palumbo's book "Writing from the Inside Out." He argues that writer's block is not a negative at all, but simply a moment wh…moreI am a huge fan of Dennis Palumbo's book "Writing from the Inside Out." He argues that writer's block is not a negative at all, but simply a moment when your awareness of quality rises above your abilities. So for example, if you only like 3-chord folk music, you can write lots of songs easily; but if you suddenly start appreciating Beethoven, you won't like the songs you're able to write anymore. The writer's block is just saying you need to up your game.

Ever since I read this (about ten years ago) I've never suffered writer's block again. When I hit a place where I don't know what to say, I just relax and give myself time to think of it. And sure enough, often, the result is simply something outside my earlier envelope - and I'm thrilled.(less)

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	The Teachings of Shirelle: Life Lessons from a Divine Knucklehead 4.45 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I don’t think anyone who glanced at the newspaper comics on New Year’s Eve, 1995, will ever forget that day’s Calvin and Hobbes. The last strip that amazing strip would ever post. The boy and the tiger trek through deep fresh snow, thrilled at the new, open world greeting them: “A day full of possibilities!” Then sailing on their sled into a giant frame of whiteness, exclaiming, “Let’s go explorin Read more of this blog post »

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Douglas’s Quotes

“The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
― Mark Twain

tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy

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“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind.”
― Bernard M. Baruch

tags: ataraxy, be-yourself, confidence, fitting-in, individuality, misattributed-dr-seuss, those-who-matter

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“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.”
― Jim Henson

tags: humor

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“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

tags: books, children, difficult, grown-ups, write, writers, writing

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