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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...
  • I kept diaries and journals for years...and then I started blogging. For about six yea...ng. It's great to have a place for my stream of conscience, and to get me in a mode to write what will be seen by...
  • Thank you for your insight. As a currently unpublished author about to move into publishing mode on my first completed manuscr...
  • Beautiful! So beautifully said! Thank you. As a journaling teacher for over three deca...hear our voices and words, drops us into a listening, reflective-contemplative mode wherein we are received. Rece...
  • @Karen - there's no safe protection in traditional publishers. Their books are even arguably targeted more because they are a higher profile target. The Harry Potter s...
  • Linda Joy, Kay, and Crystal, thank you for your comments. I love that you're the book grandma, Crystal. That's so wonderful. My son got so many books for Christmas thi...
  • In February I went to a seminar on public presentation by performance artist, Ivan Coyote. She had excellent pointers on how to put your best self forward. I summarize...
  • Do not surrender your power to the nameless faceless. The system is what it is. Your work rings the bell or it doesn't. Knock on another door, shake the dust off your...
  • Brooke, You misunderstand me. I DO think that indie writers need to adhere to higher e...rial services. So they pay but the book is of a high standard. It's a business model that works for you and for a...
  • Patricia the thought had crossed my mind, also...what if? All of us refused to acknowledge male writers and instead just purchased work by women...it would change the market place, fast!