This is a terrifically useful post, Zetta. Although I had a career in marketing and branding, the ideas you raise here never occurred to me in terms of applying them to my writing career. Thank you, and bravo!
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...gs I get out of winning awards: A much-needed ego boost when I'm feeling insecure. But, I so agree with you, Maria, awards do so much more. By applying for -- and not even always wi...
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...sations around the dinner table each night, the truly kind and generous staff. I encourage you to apply (deadline fast approaching), and to keep applying. To top it off, the book I w...
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...thors from their membership again for the sole fact of having paid to publish their own work.
These are discriminatory practices because they are applying a single measure—that you (or...
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...ooke. Well said. As a self-published author of four books---and counting---I can certainly attest to what you say. It does seem to be a matter of applying those quality measures you sp...
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Here's a related scenario. People applying for jobs often don't get even a 'thank you for applying' note. It happened to me numerous times. Years later, when I was in a position to hire people and I received a re...
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Laura, good for you for putting yourself "out there" by applying for grants and residencies. In my first 3 years of writing my book (and, yes, I'm still writing...{sigh}), I applied f...
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...thoughtful post & a rich topic. Asking for things is, I think, the most difficult part of this whole writing world. I've been applying to residencies & applying for grants & having to re...
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"And don’t call them “rules;” call them nuances because by applying certain nuances of grammar or the use of one form of punctuation over another, your writing will have more depth and...
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...course, you're write about all the points, especially, that we creative types often think that discipline is too stringent. It's not, because by applying a little discipline for a few...
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