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  • This resonated with me completely, Cindy!  In order to "be a real writer," I had to qu...is month!) or whatever the latest request was.  Now that I'm in full promotion mode with my first novel, I've eve...
  • Beautiful! So beautifully said! Thank you. As a journaling teacher for over three decad...drops us into a listening, reflective-contemplative mode wh...and one-woman shows that have emotional truths and "real" details in them, often addin...
  • Yeeeees, thank you for sharing! You state things so clearly that I can really nod too,...iter (which have been set to "panic and desperation mode" f...ater and boggle. You wonder if they never bought a "real" nonfiction book, never looke...
  • This is absolutely great randomness, if it is indeed. This...o lose touch with what is real is to be in survival mode - I could write a chapter aro...hat I have subconsciosly tumbled back into survival mode? I intend, I desire, I will -...
  • Kelley, you capture so well the healing that writing through loss can be---along with... One Bowl, dealing with that loss.  [http://issuu.com/echapbooks/docs/one_bowl?mode=embed&layout=http://www.s...
  • I’ve just read all the comments here with my hands shaking and my stomach churning the...held about my mother and my own origins since childhood. Hmm, yup, whiny brat mode achieved… but seriously, I th...
  • Whew! Thanks, ladies! I knew I wasn't the only one struggling, but it's nice to get co...head and took me a weekend to write. Karen A. Wyle - It IS hard to shake edit mode, especially when you do it fo...
  • Hi Alexandra, Dialogue can be tricky for memoir writers because, yes, we're not running around recording conversations, and yet, dialogue is such a compelling part of...
  • Thanks for this honest and optimist article. Loved reading it and found it particularly helpful as I'm currently working on my second novel and it's a real struggle in...
  • Oh - and reading on computers can make you stay up at night.  Read that on my HMO somewhere when I was looking up insomnia.  That's a big reason to read only real books in bed.   Jane Moore