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  • ...money you need to put out to make it happen.  As you noted the passion, quality, and power of you and your presentation topic will influence the outcome and hopefully book sales. The...
  • ...ay that my piece, "He's Not Crazy, He's My Brother" will be published in May. (My brother worked with me on this and we're both excited about the outcome).
  • ...when we get a "yes," it may not necessarily be about us. So, Laura, keep putting yourself out there and keep crossing your fingers -- but let the outcome go once you hit the send butt...
  • Thanks, Mary and Cate - I'm so glad you found the article useful. And Cate - don't be intimidated at the idea of querying. This is definitely one of those areas where the more you know, the more likely you are to have a happy outcome. Here's wishing the best for you!
  • Kamy Wicoff commented on her article What Makes A Book A Success?
    Thank you so much everyone, I love all these comments and feel so good when we center our conversation here, and our community, on what really matters: honoring the hard work, and enormously satisfying outcome, of finishing what we set out write.
  • ...y?" (if it was supposed to be), "Is it interesting?" (ask if any passages or chapters felt tedious), and "Did you care about the character or the outcome?" Usually a reader needs to l...
  • Agree with Emily, what brought the character to the behavior slash outcome? It may not be written into the story, but it will create depth to your writing when you pen them down. Some...
  • I really needed to read this! Been working on a motivational book but it's brought in so many feelings of inadequacy, and I've been holding on to one possible outcome. Perhaps it may never happen, but I'll keep writing anyway. Thank you for this!
  • ...e that it is very difficult to make anything "happen" through these various venues…. The trick would be to think "only" of oneself, regardless of outcome---a kind of Zen perversion---...
  • ...their career versus what they really wanted to do), the data would have to be based strictly on self assessments. And I'd still love to know the outcome. How about we sic Malcolm Gla...