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  • First, thank you for all your encouraging advice.  Oddly, I was just about to say exactly what Monica Lee remarks on: the mean reviews, but also, oddly, the generous o...
  • Very helpful article thank you. Are book stores really loathe to take self published books from Createspace and why? Is there a better option than Createspace to go th...
  • Where could I write about history topics? history of a little know police department, for instance?
  • Linda, what a beautiful post. First off, congrats on getting published! I look forward to reading your book. For me, the detractors in my life came the second I enter...
  • I haven't directly experienced it, at least in this context, which is obvious because...ultural deficiency on the part of men. Many men simply don't see women as role models, mentors, or influences. Or...
  •   strongly encouraged me to write a book based on my presentations.  I resigned at the end of the 2002 school year. And began writing.       “Never Ever Your Fault” wa...
  • An excellent essay and I can imagine it wasn't so easy to write. I want to respond to one comment below. Scars writes that "it seems police in Canada, themselves, are...
  • Wow. When I was an MFA student, we never spoke of what we were working on, and people outside the department didn't ask, either. Maybe my program was different, but ... yikes. Being there was visible proof of the fact that you were GOOD, that you could WRITE. What more did people need to know?
  • Ah, good old Myers- Briggs! I enjoyed reading this! I have just produced my first ebook- Jigsaw Pieces on Amazon as an Indie, after being cast adrift by my publisher w...
  • This is the precise conclusion I've come to after years of struggling as to whether I'm talented enough to be a "writer."  One day, I wrote in my journal. " A runner i...