Patricia, I edited my first book to DEATH. Took me over 2 years, and I've been working with an editor non-stop for almost a year. That helped SO much. Normally, I advi...
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Trump's atrocious spelling is embarrassing. However, I see a much more dangerous and insidious abuse of the English language resulting from this election: the reckless...
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Great article. Thank you. (And dang them pesky little brothers, anyhow) I have recently finished or polished three novels. One is a thriller based on religious extremi...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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