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  • I'm SO glad you wrote about the difficulties we writers face when we're in our promotion mode. And it's also great to hear...
  • Sarah, You elucidate some critical issues here...I know I felt pretty timid when I started blogging, but it was sort of a desparate act (starting a blog) to establish...
  • @Carole  I've always taken writing courses during my college career, and I used to cringe at peer critiques.  I was more reluctant to share my writing in a group. I pr...
  • I know this comment comes four years after you wrote this post, but I'm new to SheWrites, and just discovered it. I cannot tell you how much your message resonates wit...
  • Catherine - I always find that if I take a moment away from revising and write something completely different I'm suddenly struck by new ideas for the novel. Just the...
  • Lissa, I love that you are asking this question just now. I read your blog on “Owning Pink” last night and fell asleep with the question of what I could ask for, what...
  • For me, it took awhile to realize the problem: I fall in love with my characters, and their story. When the story is rejected it feels personal because it is - this is...
  • Like riding a bike or swinging a bat, being in the flow of writing feels natural and exciting. Book promotion, not so much. I self-published my first novel, after five...
  • I've read several blog posts by indie authors who provided detailed analysis on their free e-book campaigns, and my impression, like Brooke's, is that the strategy is...
  • Kerina, you've brought up a great point, this constant spewing of every detail of one's current activities. It's as if a person must take advantage of EVERY chance to...