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  • Quick comments concerning questions #3 and #4. Number 3 -...Writers. All writers need to have a mentor, a role model and an advocate. The three a...d others times we learn. Often when in the teaching mode, we learn. When in the learni...
  • I have to agree with Jane. Regardless of your publishing status, all of us continue to grow an...ect of emerging or established comes up, I seem to always err on the side of not being "est...
  • Thanks for the comments, everyone!  To those of you who have established a name with one type of writing, you don't have to use a pen name if you don't want to. All I'...
  • I have one collection out, a radio play for the BBC and a few short stories published and I still feel very much as if I am emerging. I would hate in fact to be establ...
  • Thanks for stressing the importance of publicity, publicity is really an authors best friend.  I coach authors how to do their own publicity and all of the issues you...
  • I, for one, am quite relieved after reading this post! I will admit I have only dabbled in SheWrites, a bit intimidated by such a large number of established authors....
  • Kathryn, no, not working or ever worked for a publisher, and no, not published in books, though in periodicals.  In my mind, though I did not specify, I was thinking...
  • I totally hear you. I just wrote a blog post about when and if I should hire a publicist but so far no one has responded. I self-published in mid-December and it sound...
  • Mel Ryane commented on her article Waiting for the Fruit
    Hey Patricia, To answer your question: I didn't want the expense of self-publishing for one thing. There is an enormous amount of work for a writer to get their work s...
  • Michael, Great points. Setting up your website &/or blog well in advance of your book launch is important to help drive awareness and your SEO ranking. When you la...