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  • Good luck! My own pub date for my debut novel is March 29 and I'm already half-crazy. Managing expectations is always tricky, especially when you're not consciously aware that you have them.
  • I love Joan Didion -- "Goodbye to All That" and "In Bed" are two favourites. She was someone I read when I was just starting to work consciously in this form. I think...
  • Good point, Diane. As I stated, I think beginner writers have that mental block due to fear of what others think, but for those who have been writing longer, we hit th...
  • I'm in my early 30s (my profile pic is from 2006, I'm just too lazy to change it), and I rarely like more than one out of 100 photos taken of me. My poor husband had t...
  • Thanks for your post, Brooke. It took me back to 10 years ago when my manuscript kept getting rejected for not making my Black characters "consistent or identifiable w...
  • I'm not sure there's anything much harder for a woman with passion, ambition and success than that allusive work/life balance. Maybe it's the classic Type-A syndrome:...
  • I'm encouraged to see that I already do those things! Well, all but the punctuation search. Maybe I should look, though I consciously avoid them when writing fiction....
  • Deborah, This is beautiful. I wonder, do you ever catch yourself ever wanting to push Teo to be just a little more of the thrill seeker, or wish Anya to be the more se...
  • Anne, so good to hear your words and response. I'm not sure anyone really escapes the human condition eventually. It may appear that some have 'golden' lives and perha...
  • Lovely, Fran. My strategies include meditaiton, prayer, dream incubation, consciously choosing love over fear, journal writing, and healing body, mind & spirit.