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  • 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...
  • 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...
  • Re: reviews -- my husband doesn't screen mine ;-) and I do my best to focus on the gratifying ones written by reviewers/readers who clearly gave a great deal of though...
  • I agree--it's a wonderful book with chapters that deal with all the challenges that writers face, including those inner demons. I'm recommending it to everyone who is writing a book and wants to get to "The End" and beyond--to hold their book in their hands.
  • Running helps my creativity as well. I deal with many aches and pains and I fear the day when I can no longer hear the rhythm of my breathing and the pounding of my fe...
  • Rachel Thompson commented on her article Writing To Heal
    Thank you, Shannon! As a humor writer, the writing was easier, but it's also a way to deal with life's difficulties, almost like a mask. Getting into the hard stuff --...
  • Brooke Warner commented on her article Distribution 101
    Hi Celine, you probably just didn't see it up there, but PGW (Publishers Group West) is owned by Perseus. Perseus bought PGW when they bought Avalon (and also Seal, where I used to work). It was a major deal—and now all one big happy family. :)Thanks, Sylvia!
  • Good points, Sara, and yes, point #3 above (which you mention here regarding reviews and contests) is a VERY big deal. I think too few people are talking about it actu...