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  • You are a shot in the arm today for me as I have been in "promotion mode" since June 25 when my memoir (Re)Making...
  • 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...
  • I'm SO glad you wrote about the difficulties we writers face when we're in our promotion mode. And it's also great to hear...
  • Just joined "She Writes" so I am just now reading your post. I found it refreshing and honest. I am new to writing even though I've written a book--I too still have pr...
  • Our wordcounts are close to the same. No story change for me, I just started a story that actually has turned out to need some research -- historical events etc. I kee...
  • Um, Miriam Peskowitz, will you pls move to NYC and be in MY writer's group? I love everything you've written above so much, I'm finding it hard to figure out what to p...
  • Thanks so much, Sandra--I really appreciate it. I'm cheering you on, as well--may we keep finding ways to push through that weight of expectation! xoxo
  • Wonderful article, Lise. I can add a personal memory of Christa Wolf. In 1990, just after the Wall had fallen, I toured Germany with my German version of Gertrude Stei...
  • Hi Karen, I am fairly new to SheWrites, and am still finding my way around the site. I am thrilled to be  a part of this site as there are enormously helpful and talen...
  • Thanks, Meghan - the name did seem like a natural. ;) I am trying to find other blogs to comment on and participate in, but am finding it hard to find blogs in my demo...