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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 like all these websites!  Thanks for sharing.  When I'm stuck I revert to a few favorite starters from Natalie Goldberg in Writing Down the Bones.  A few of my favorites:  I'm thinking about ...........  I'm not thinking about .......  or I remember ............  I don't remember .............
  • Thank you all so much for responding to my post. I'm so pleased that it resonated with you! Pat, I initially heard about Dave the potter/poet on NPR. The story touched me so much, I kept thinking about it and finally looked it up online. Here is one of several websites about Dave.   
  • Working on my pitch, I've run the gamut from conferences to websites to books, but they've all provided different snippets of approach (and used different books to support those snippets). Seeing your one book broken down five ways is a great help. Thank you.
  • Hurray! I've got all five plus the bonus. My website is still a work in progress but it's amazing how easy it can be to set up using wordpress.com. I also found the se...
  • Self-publishing is a fantastic opportunity for the amateur writer to finally get published on her own terms, but it is critical to do your research and get informed be...
  • Anyone -- self-published or not -- can do a giveaway at any point, not just as a launch.  And no need to limit book events to bookstores -- many other venues exist, in...
  • Hi Julie! Great post and I LOVE your lemony yellow walls. And gosh....mountains right outside your window?! I HAD my own room, in a spare bedroom of our house. I'd bou...
  • I have read these comments to articles in the websites of The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, The Atlantic, as well as other blogs, letters to t...
  • Hi Lauren, Just thought we would offer a few quick tips from the She Writes editors. We know what a nerve-racking and exciting time this can be and understand the earl...