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  • To have a writing life, I think it is important to write the poem or the story because...ot my own horn" having been brought up to believe that as a woman, I should be modest and not brag about myself....
  • Summer Wood commented on her article April Fools!
    I know exactly what you mean, Karen. Sometimes for me the surprise comes when I've worked hard all day, powering away at the writing until I'm all wrung out, but decid...
  • Thanks for giving me some fresh ideas to move the story forward and also for the kick in the 'you know where' to get me back to work and stop making excuses!
  • While I do dislike having the characters described in minute detail, and I especially detest it when each character is described using the same technique (whatever tha...
  • Hi Julie - I've been "away" for a while as I'm in my next novel's development phase, which is one of the difficult parts. Come to think of it, they're all difficult pa...
  • This is such a thoughtful post & a rich topic. Asking for things is, I think, the most difficult part of this whole writing world. I've been applying to residencie...
  • I too have found this bizarre turn of history beyond my ability to bear. That this could happen in what has been a democracy shakes me profoundly. We have leapt into t...
  • Blogging is a balancing act... and I wish I were an acrobat! What I learned in my first-ever blog is that without She Writes I would not have put on my roller-blades!...
  • Oh, this is such a delicious thing to think about! The woman who has my back is my friend Diane. She is the very first person I ever hired, back when I was the new edi...
  • I once read the advice that, before beginning to write, you should spend a little time reading a very good example of the type of writing you're attempting.  It gets t...