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  • I suppose you can look at the exercise like a form of gambling--in this case you're gambling on the hope that some truly creative ideas arise, which they very well might, depending on how effectively the editor and his gang of thugs are muffled. We're all alive, so why not write?
  • Ms. Reality Space commented on her article In This Flesh
    @Cathy & Deborah... thanks for your comments!  This was a pretty awesome journey, writing this piece.  Compulsive gambling cannot be cured, but can be arrested.  I hope with all my heart, to stay abstinent so I can love myself, love writing and be there for others...
  • Great post, Brooke. It reminded me of a Margaret Atwood quote:Writing is work. It's also gambling. You don't get a pension plan. Other people can help you a bit, but esentially you're on your own. Nobody is making you do this: you chose it, so don't whine.
  • Nice article, Julija.  I can add the University of Oklahoma Press to your list.  That is where my book was published and it was what I call a "memoir of place."  Title...