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  • Ah, the intorverted writer finds herslef in a crowd, I know the scenario well.  The ve...ple I don't know I still have the tendency to be a wallflower. I'm in observer mode afterall. But, I now teach wr...
  • I’ve just read all the comments here with my hands shaking and my stomach churning the...held about my mother and my own origins since childhood. Hmm, yup, whiny brat mode achieved… but seriously, I th...
  • Cindy, I am so happy I read your post ~ the day has begun again! You are not alone. So...ay we get to understand what's going on inside without going straight to panic mode < that was/and still is, i...
  • Julie, this is so wonderful and refreshing! I love the writing community and we need one another, but it is also easy to slip into the complaint mode with people who "get it". Thanks for this great reminder! Susie
  • Wonderful essay!  I don't mind those 'on-the-spot' conversations.  Mama raised me to b...ay be completely different once I actually sell a book.  I could go into panic mode. But then... that's what the...
  • Nice! Thank you for this as I have experienced similar issue when I wore different shoes and had to hire people who would ultimately report to me. Cover letters and re...
  • I totally understand your frustration with social media. I just braved the social...rin advised me, you have to shift hats as a writer, shifting from creative mode to business mode. My main apprehension is maki...
  • Thank you Maretha -- we definitely write for the love of writing. That's (I hope) a given.  There's already so much negative bias toward indie authors, by NOT hiring p...
  • I agree. I think many of us find ourselves in that time-versus-money conundrum (Do I do it myself? Do I pay someone else). One way out of the bind is to know more abou...
  • What a great post, Dani. I appreciate your perspective—always—on social media and onli...on NPR last night about boredom, and how it brings the brain back to "default mode," a critical state of mind fo...