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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 began writing fiction several years ago, out of a need to exorcise the demons that therapy had left unfazed.  I'd read a lot of noir growing up (we don't have to tel...
  • Thanks so much for sharing this extract - I found the first three paragraphs compelling. The lyrics raise more questions than they answer for me. What about little boy...
  • Thanks so much Tayari, for this wonderful article. I have just Tweeted it. The essence of writing is REVISION. And the essence of revision is knowing what is working a...
  • Hi, C.J., I think that with time, you'll move past the fear of scaring, disappointing, or alienating loved ones (not having their support), and come into your own fear...
  • Great post, Julie!  And congratulations on your decision to devote yourself to writing.   My writing path (briefly):  As a child, I wanted to write, and did.  Then my...
  • This weekend at AWP there were a few times that people came to the booth and asked why we need to have a women-only press. One woman today timidly admitted to me that...
  • I like the idea of being positive in critiques, but not to the point where the author is left with the delusion that bad writing isn’t that bad. Sometimes, I think, be...
  • Great post, Kamy!  Personally, I don't think it's a disadvantage to start out after forty.  After all, who wants to read a novel about life written by a 20-year old?  ...
  • I took my son, his two cousins, my mom and aunt to Legoland. To my great surprise, my son's favorite part of the trip was the family pillow fight in the small hotel ro...