Wonderful essay! I don't mind those 'on-the-spot' conversations. Mama raised me to b...ay be completely different once I actually sell a book. I could go into panic mode.
But then... that's what the...
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I have been ruminating a lot about this myself. In 2012 I have written across three entirely different genres, not even counting all of the journaling and blogging I h...
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Ten percent of all people have their heart in the wrong place ... they are serving themselves rather than others. Often, people are critical of others in order to ele...
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This is probably a mundane comment, but I'm reading a trad published debut novel right now that completely belies #2 above. The editor gave it very little effort. (A c...
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"I am loving all of these stories of rejection followed closely by success!"
I hesitate to disagree, but rejection isn't always followed closely by success. For insta...
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Hope, Thanks for this riveting read! Did your agent get you this gig, or did you hustle for it?
(My countdown to publication--of my first book--is something like 296 days. Not that I'm counting or anything!)
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What does age have to do with it? Many of us have been writing since elementary school... publishing took a bit longer! Since ageism in the professions is illegal, why...
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Oh Sandra, I wish had one of those hand-fashioned books! Look at how far you've come, counting down to your own Norton hardcover, your second prize-winning book. Miles and miles. Lovely read, thank you.
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A shout out to the She Writes Team -- colleagues I am HONORED to work with: Kamy Wicoff, BK Loren, Kate Hanselman, Gala Delmont Benatar, Wilson Sherwin, Lea Beresford,...
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So I grab the stack off my nightstand (to carry outside so I can smoke while typing this), but of course I have to make 20 stops between here (the courtyard) and there...
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