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  • Yeeeees, thank you for sharing! You state things so clearly that I can really nod too,...t my instincts as a paid writer (which have been set to "panic and desperation mode" for a few months) have been...
  • I'm working on a memoir and every time I thought of putting together an outline, I wan...but I savor every minute of it. But I'm all about trying to break our cultural mode of "gotta hurry up." I haven'...
  • Paulette - I finished reading your wonderful story.  Magnificent!  I truly enjoyed the novel.  If anyone out there wants to read a free book that's good - they will take you up on this offer.  I will gladly write a review - this is a great story and you are a wonderful writer.
  • Thanks for the comments, y'all. I'm interested in hearing what others are experiencing.  @Karen - It IS about finding what works for you and running with it. I'm just...
  • Oh I'm right there with you. Not that I'm guilt-free. Sometimes after I post a blog article I'll gasp at a glaring error I missed. But if your goal is PR and promotion...
  • And I should have said...nothing destroys a book's credibility/worth more to me than spelling, grammar, and usage errors. I find them in books from the mainline publis...
  • Hmmm. So that means that when I review a book for Writer Advice, www.writeradvice.com,...for a free copy of the book. Interviews too. Maybe I need a different business model? Maybe I need to rethink the...
  • <<Can you tell us how being a journalist helps and hurts as you work on your memoir?  That's my background, too. >> Ellen, I'm interested in your experienc...
  • Tracy, congratulations!  I look forward to following your publication path. While writing my book proposal, Michael Larsen's How to Write a Book Proposal was invaluabl...
  • I'm reminded what my high school algebra teacher said to me when he overheard I did my homework while laying out in the sun:  "Kelly, only bad girls lay in the sun!" N...