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  • Hi Rachel, I SO hear what you're saying. I had good jobs, like really good jobs: a TV reporter, press secretary, media relations and commercial video production. I was...
  • Hi Juanita, Christmas is not actually my favorite holiday or time of the year anymore either. Once it was, when my husband was alive and my children were small. Perhap...
  • Thanks for the analysis.  I use regular KDP and have Smashwords distribution to other outlets.  While everyone's business is different, and I was an early adopter of S...
  • My freelance writing career has gone in reverse. I made plenty of money when I started, but have seen my business drop off to almost nothing over a 12-year period. Gra...
  • Thank you for such a beautifully written piece! It's true in this day and age we tend to think of success in commercial terms, forgetting so many other possible defini...
  • Kamy, Thanks for this interesting post and for sharing developmental issues from your catbird seat. As someone who joined on early to SheWrites it's been rewarding to...
  • I'll follow along with interest! Love your website and blog, and your honesty and generosity to share your experiences. You are a beautiful writer with a heart-warming...
  • I so admire the gumption here -- and the generous spirit about sharing knowledge and connection with a larger world of like-minded people. But I do worry that in this...
  • Thank you!! As an English grad and English high school teacher, I've allowed myself to be swayed way too much by the commercial v. literary labels and the attitudes th...
  • Shakespeare and Dickens wrote for the masses and are highly regarded for it by writers of literature and commercial works. Shakespeare needed BIS--Butts in Seats, and...