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  • Sian - as someone who grew up in a home full of addiction and all the dysfunction that...mpanies it, I get that instinctive urge to label your feelings as "whiny brat" mode, but I think your points are...
  • i have been job hunting for the last two and a half years, and haven't had any luck wh...o my usual job-hunting rounds in the morning, but after 11 I am in full writer mode.  I haven't had the opportuni...
  • I write because I am blessed with this gift by Nature.I belong to a Kashmiri family who has well known published writers-like Khalid Hasan, Masood Hasan,Suraya Khurshi...
  • What electrifies me to write when I write is emotional pain. I have so much of it that only putting it down on paper will most times stop me from self-harming. I am wh...
  • Thanks Laura--I'm trying again: Shaketown, a historical novel set in San Francisco's Victorian underworld, follows the intertwined lives of an "accidental" Madame who...
  • Hi Caryn. I thought this was a good post. My question is what to do when one is writing fiction -- as I am. I am writing short stories with characters whose traits I a...
  • Thank you Doris for your comments. Yes your story and mine are about the unfortunate aspects of these family patterns that we must deal with and try to heal. I can see...
  • Your post resonated with me on two levels. One- it reminds me of what I want my writing to do; I want it to connect and transform my readers. Two--it reminds that it i...
  • What a great space! Lucky devil, you! I have a space carved out at our dining room table where I try to find solace when my muse comes to visit. I keep a picture of my...
  • For me it's about a chunk of time - if I'm editing I need 2-4 hours. So I won't get to it everyday, but once a week, Saturday morning or afternoon for example - and th...