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  • Thanks to all for these wonderful comments! I love when I can help others!! Yes, accountability is key as is discipline! An accountability partner is always a good idea and/or hiring a good coach. The main point is, the time exists, we just have to create the space for it. 
  • Your story sounds like my own! I'm a college professor in a field that's got nothing to do with creative writing (costuming for stage/film/TV), and i've published acad...
  • I love this.  For one thing, a nice swift kick in the pants is sometimes the best motivation in the world.  For another, I learned a great deal about what does and doe...
  • I got the idea for my novel on my way home from work in the late 1980's.  In 1994, I quit my job in order to write, and wrote about two-thirds of my novel.  After a fe...
  • Russian-Jewish like my partner Kim Chernin! She taught me some 20 years ago that writing discipline means not just starting but being able to stop in time. Hardest lesson to learn as I get obsessed and "bulimic" with writing. But she is/ was right, for a whole number of reasons...
  • Hi Kamy, I'm not here very often because I have more trouble getting on line and doing internet PR than I do writing. So my take on the writing block is putting small...
  • Fantastic interview! I found myself totally agreeing as I was reading about networking and supporting other women writers. It's so very important to create a community...