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  • Yeeeees, thank you for sharing! You state things so clearly that I can really nod too,...iter (which have been set to "panic and desperation mode" f...ater and boggle. You wonder if they never bought a "real" nonfiction book, never looke...
  • This resonated with me completely, Cindy!  In order to "be a real writer," I had to qu...is month!) or whatever the latest request was.  Now that I'm in full promotion mode with my first novel, I've eve...
  • 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...
  • Whew! Thanks, ladies! I knew I wasn't the only one struggling, but it's nice to get co...head and took me a weekend to write. Karen A. Wyle - It IS hard to shake edit mode, especially when you do it fo...
  • Beautiful! So beautifully said! Thank you. As a journaling teacher for over three decad...drops us into a listening, reflective-contemplative mode wh...and one-woman shows that have emotional truths and "real" details in them, often addin...
  • Kelley, you capture so well the healing that writing through loss can be---along with... One Bowl, dealing with that loss.  [http://issuu.com/echapbooks/docs/one_bowl?mode=embed&layout=http://www.s...
  • This is absolutely great randomness, if it is indeed. This...o lose touch with what is real is to be in survival mode - I could write a chapter aro...hat I have subconsciosly tumbled back into survival mode? I intend, I desire, I will -...
  • Meanwhile:   1. Show up. Write anyway. In the face of doubt, insecurity, creative blockage. 2. Write to music. 3. Bombard yourself with images -- art, photography, real-life vignettes. They all inspire stories.  
  • Good story! I published my book on epubli - http://www.epubli.de/shop/buch/will-hier-weg-aber-wohin-Lexikon-deutschen-%C3%84rgernisse-Eva-Herold/8893 - and you can give it a "like", if you like. Maybe the book will win the contest and I'll get me a "real" publisher... it's a nice star, anyway.
  • Thanks, Majo, excellent tips! Even though I have to confess that while I know all this, I find it hard to apply! Just blogged about all my mistakes in book marketing,...