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Charles Daly

Writing Rough Drafts by Hand — like Hemingway

3 min readApr 30, 2021

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Ernest Hemingway writing by hand while on safari.

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Charles Daly

Writing Tips from Sex and the City

Like Carrie, you’ll find yourself thinking about what you’re writing in your free time which is usually when your “Ah-ha” moment will…

4 min readApr 14, 2021

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Carrie Bradshaw writing on her laptop in Sex and the City

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Charles Daly

Frozen Chosin as Seen from Quantico, — “Make Peace or Die” Excerpt

An excerpt from my father’s memoir — Make Peace or Die: A Life of Service, Leadership, and Nightmares — in which he asks to be sent to war.

7 min readNov 28, 2020

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Frozen Chosin as Seen from Quantico, — “Make Peace or Die” Excerpt

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Charles Daly

Dad on Jocko — Ep. 196 “Make Peace or Die”

Last year, Jocko Willink featured a conversation with my father and an early draft of Make Peace or Die on episode 196 of his podcast.

2 min readNov 17, 2020

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Dad on Jocko — Ep. 196 “Make Peace or Die”

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Vive la Distance, Terrace Season in the Second Wave

The last days of the French summer that wasn’t

3 min readOct 29, 2020

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Vive la Distance, Terrace Season in the Second Wave

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Charles Daly

The 5 Types of Posts in my Draft Folder — Learning from Abandoned Work

Looking back at some of these drafts, I wish I had used the energy I spent writing them to document my journey rather than describe a…

4 min readNov 7, 2019

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The 5 Types of Posts in my Draft Folder — Learning from Abandoned Work

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Charles Daly

7 Books on Writing You Haven’t Read

“You can be cautious or you can be creative, but there’s no such thing as a cautious creative..” -George Lois

4 min readOct 8, 2019

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7 Books on Writing You Haven’t Read

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Charles Daly

If You Want to Write More, Track Your Writing

Yesterday I wrote about getting back in the habit of writing every day. One of the most powerful ways to build that habit is to track your…

1 min readJun 22, 2019

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If You Want to Write More, Track Your Writing

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Charles Daly

How to Get Back in the Habit of Writing Every Day

3 pages every day is 1,095 pages per year

3 min readJun 22, 2019

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How to Get Back in the Habit of Writing Every Day

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Charles Daly

Photo Essay: The Singing Baker of Mougins

Christophe Boutes left school and became a baker to fund his musical education. Baking by morning, and studying music by day and night, he…

3 min readMay 23, 2019

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Photo Essay: The Singing Baker of Mougins

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Charles Daly

Charles Daly

B2B Copywriter. Co-author of Make Peace or Die: a Life of Service, Leadership, and Nightmares (my dad’s memoir). https://www.makepeaceordie.com/

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