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  • Great post! I use social media daily to entertain, stay in touch and promote my work. I am curious how people handle friends who are also on social media but don't see...
  • I'm still in the writing phase but thanks for the forewarning about the aftermath once publication happens. It's a real wake-up call.
  • How to become a dark lady? I guess you spend money and time persuading the press, the literary establishment and board members of film committees that there is only on...
  • I will be re-reading Dan Harris's 10% Happier, with its focus on meditating as a way of reducing stress, quieting the mind's monkey chatter, and becoming a better pers...
  • It is inhuman to write on and on without rest, stimulus or inspiration. As an intermittent social smoker (with the rare ability to pick it up after years without,) I h...
  • Vivienne, I agree with using "are," but I understand the librarian's and others' thinking about "is." Editing software doesn't have all the answers (like spell-check), so it's always best to ask a real person! 
  • It would be interesting to read more books like this. Because my family is so interracial, I started writing this way from the start. I have books out where I've writt...
  • I love this piece and it makes me feel a lot better in terms of where I am now. I've written two novels and both of them came from a real surge and gush of creativity...
  • I'm also very happy to see the press that Sands' study is generating. FYI I believe she is on the Colbert Report tonight! As a playwright myself, I attended a series o...
  • I love this post. People never talk about envy. It shames us so much....it's like the trailer park of emotions. But it is so real.