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  • Sian - as someone who grew up in a home full of addiction and all the dysfunction that...mpanies it, I get that instinctive urge to label your feelings as "whiny brat" mode, but I think your points are...
  • Quick comments concerning questions #3 and #4. Number 3 -...Writers. All writers need to have a mentor, a role model and an advocate. The three a...d others times we learn. Often when in the teaching mode, we learn. When in the learni...
  • 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...
  • This resonated with me completely, Cindy!  In order to "be a real writer," I had to qu...is month!) or whatever the latest request was.  Now that I'm in full promotion mode with my first novel, I've eve...
  • Thanks for this reminder. I think a success journal might actually help me deal with some of the anxiety that comes with the marketing and publicity end of writing and...
  • I like your suggestion about hiring a virtual assitant to do some of the research. It's so hard (and tedious) to find the time to do everything! I was able to get a bo...
  • Hi Paulette -  I was in a discussion in LinkedIn  and an editor made this point below and I thought it might be helpful.  All the proof reading, editing etc. that need...
  • Julie - your post is an excellent combination of two ideas: perseverance and community. Does anyone create a "great work" in complete isolation? I don't think so. Whil...
  • There are times when I love a quick read. It may have 300-500 pages, but I blow through it. (yes, I'm talking something like a Nicholas Sparks guilty pleasure). But at...
  • Maria, Thank you...such an easy way to remember the correct usage.  Would you also have a quick way like that to explain   "that/which and lay/lie" ? I would really appreciate that, too.