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  • 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...
  • "Coming to Term" is the working title of my memoir. Its about my experience with multiple pregnancy losses while working as a registered nurse in an intensive care nur...
  • An interesting concept. I'm still not sure how the agent fits into the picture if she is not finding a traditional publisher to pick up the work. Or is it that these e...
  • Hi Laura, Thanks for writing.  I'm far less experienced than you sound, which is one reason that the sanity argument  really got to me.
  • Cindy, sounds like a wonderful trip! I'm planning a trip to Peru soon and am hoping to be able to journal my way through it...but I have a nagging feeling I won't. I t...
  • Yep, Anne, being a writer isn't easy. It's like life...a long hard journey with lots of obstacles in your path. I, too, have been a writer for a very long time (44 yea...
  • There is a cost to pay either way... i.e. when you witness injustices or inappropriate behavior in high places and choose to act or not to act. By acting you're openin...
  • LOL, I've experienced some of those fears, but the writing is now more important. I'm writing a memoir, so fear number four is prime - for I am sharing my history of a...
  • I have gone through periods of writing "morning pages." The practice is so therapeutic, and I usually take time and read a chunk, glean the great ideas (either message...
  • Brooke, You just said what I've been stewing over for the last few months. You described the dilemma between being open to professional criticism as apposed to  being...