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  • Interesting post, Ellen, but I have to disagree. I write to entertain. I want to escape inside my story, and I want others to do the same. I want my characters to spea...
  • Hi, Miriam. Sounds like once you started your small biz, you understood more about this writer/entrepreneur thing. Hey, I'm teaching a two workshop course for UC San D...
  • 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...
  • Since my novel came out (The Night Counter, Three Rivers Press 2010), it has gotten ve...on't love to hear themselves talk, putting them into a weird split personality mode. As an example of the marketi...
  • Thanks for this post, Christelle. I imagine many authors, speaking for myself, get overwhelmed by this brave new world of online marketing. And, they fear the social m...
  • I have written a few articles that touched on the importance of a web presence for authors. Here's the "meat" from one, in case anyone out there still thinks they're n...
  • The name that I use on here and around the Internet (at least with writing related stu...blog or on my writing, it's like an alter ego of sorts and I shift into writer mode.
  • This isn't intended as a personal criticism, but the information contained here, once again, is really aimed at those who want to self-publish or who may have been sig...
  • 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...
  • Enjoyed your blog. I totally agree. I'm relaxing now with my novel which is almost finished. I'm just writing these days and taking a break from marketing. I like the idea of a blog post every week same day. Good idea.