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  • I’ve just read all the comments here with my hands shaking and my stomach churning the...held about my mother and my own origins since childhood. Hmm, yup, whiny brat mode achieved… but seriously, I th...
  • What a great post, Dani. I appreciate your perspective—always—on social media and onli...on NPR last night about boredom, and how it brings the brain back to "default mode," a critical state of mind fo...
  • i have been job hunting for the last two and a half years, and haven't had any luck wh...o my usual job-hunting rounds in the morning, but after 11 I am in full writer mode.  I haven't had the opportuni...
  • Deborah, I cried constantly from the first time I heard the news through Obama's speec...s. But when it's people I know personally and love deeply, I kick into 'brave' mode and remain solid as a rock, a...
  • Thank you, Helen. I long to exit from reception/anxiety mode--and am trying to concentrate on kind words from friends... It's definitely a mug's game to be so hooked to the marketplace--when the...
  • Yeeeees, thank you for sharing! You state things so clearly that I can really nod too,...t my instincts as a paid writer (which have been set to "panic and desperation mode" for a few months) have been...
  • Cindy, I am so happy I read your post ~ the day has begun again! You are not alone. So...ay we get to understand what's going on inside without going straight to panic mode < that was/and still is, i...
  • I like to say either "Self Published, " or "Independant Publisher." Both have been well accepted and when I give my talks and sell lots of books, 600 in one year since...
  • I totally agree that the time has long passed to take a second look at how certain writers of a certain gender become so popular while other writers of a different gen...
  • Today and tomorrow, I am celebrating Gay Pride with a KDP action -- free Kindle give-a...icles here about it) and a lot of fun. We have published many times in the old model of NY publishing, and this i...