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  • I go through that when my kids are constantly clamoring for my attention. My kids are...writing when I have the kids, like I am right now. It keeps me in the "writing mode," so to speak. If I immerse m...
  • Jennifer, I had the same thing happen to me, where I didn't think the adoption element was playing a role in my writing but then it turned out it did. Of course it pla...
  • I think the beauty and joy of NaNo and probably part of Chris Baty's motivation in creating the contest is that you just forge ahead,writing wildly, day after day, for...

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    To Tell The Truth essay for MAT @ 9/22/20 +PROMO files In a few days I’ll send out the email book-launch announcement about my book, Victory Is My Name, a Me...
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    Allow me to introduce myself and tell you a little bit of my own story. Why do I write? I believe that moments of pain can be redeemed, that in the right hands they...

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  • Amyah, I'm so disciplined that I use a timer for every part of my day. I spend 45 minutes in the morning with email, 20 minutes for free reading and tea, 45 minutes wo...
  • Meg Bortin commented on her article Is This a True Story?
    Carol, you raise a tricky point. Of course anyone can find out who Mona Venture is - especially because the book is a memoir written in the first person, and my real n...
  • Fascinating stuff, Sarah. And lots for me to think about when Elaine Showalter and I are due to speak on the thorny subject of women and self-promotion at the London s...