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  • Yes, at every stage--there is the waiting. Four months does not seem a lot. I admire your ability to work on something else--everyone recommends that as a remedy, but it's hard to do!!
  • I've created different ways to write throughout the years, depending on what my life is like. My husband is now retired and I don't do well with having someone in the...
  • Kelly, I understand where you are coming from. I have struggled with this too. I don't do much with GoodReads because I've heard that a lot of trolls inhabit the space...
  • Gayle, this post slammed into me on so many levels, I was breathless by the time I fin...as "feely and fully as I can, while I can." Thanks Gayle! You will always be a model and mentor to my writer-self...
  • thanks for this post, Glo. I have been trapped by this before and have been able to extricate myself numerous times. Reading so much about writing would create such a...
  • Do freewriting everyday! As Julia Cameron recommends, at least 3 pages everyday. You freewrite your thoughts down, make a list of to-do tasks to relieve some anxieties...
  • Alexandra, I wouldn't wait another minute to start building your Facebook and Twitter followers. Social media guru Seth Godin recommends getting started three years before your book comes out.
  • I agree Connie -- and Arlo good point about Oprah, that's so interesting. The perception is that she's an independent actor but of course she is a corporation, too, an...