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  • Beautifully said Brooke: I think handling the rejection and getting caught up in the number of sales is one of the most challenging things for writers. Your message of not letting it diminish the work you have done and what you have to say is very important. Thank you.
  • Delin, thank you for your kind and very useful ideas about handling and preventing self-doubt. I'll keep this all in mind as I go forward in life. Unfortunately though, I tend to be on...
  • ...cultural in our friendships, likes, and views. It made it easy to research and find out way. So it can be done. And being tasteful is a matter of handling another race as you would han...
  • @Jackie, thanks for your advice on this. Another perspective and good to hear different ways of handling this. I do think some reviewers get personal, and I don't like that. You can se...
  • ...ttempts to keep me small. This is a tough one for me. Staying small and feeling shame are my go-to emotions. Practical and behavioral methods for handling haters (which is vastly diffe...
  • ...rom the fog of time...I expect that it was ME stressing ME - no one else expected me to rise up to where I thought I needed to be (in control and handling everything so that things wou...
  •  I think you have to love the written word to do anything in the book business today. I didn't care for the conflict that handling others writers work and trying to create my own master piece causes within me. I have found that publishing pays in more ways than money for me.
  • I love this post, Jessica. My ebook release is next week and I'm handling each plan and each execution as best I can, at my own pace. You're right: we have to remind ourselves our goal...
  • ...perspective & strategies discussed in a single sex environment have always been more dynamic and helpful to attaining my goals. The 'how' of handling work/life balance, children,...
  • Thanks, Kathleen. It helps me to know others are going through similar situations and handling them with grace. Good luck with the agent.