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  • My misatake for wandering from the subject of war in the generic sense to a specific w...he outcome was not universally achieved. Nevertheless, that process provides a model for the kind of work that wo...
  • @Julia - Ha! Students can be funny. I worked part-time in a college library for several years and know the type you are talking about. It's interesting what you said a...
  • Excellent information! An "extra" from my experience as a freelance editor: As an exercise, the author should write some blurbs in the voice of a "blurber" in less tha...
  • Great post!  I've become a contest slut...6 of the chapters of my forthcoming journalistic memoir have won 10 awards, which is a great credit on my book proposal (not...
  • You have a lot of valid points. I agree with you that far too many wannabe writers seem to spend more time complaining about how hard it is rather than buckling down a...
  • 1. Publishing one's first book is just the start; marketing is just as much work and just as important. 2. Nothing is more important that the process of writing itself...
  • 1. someone has already done it, and not only that but they did it better. GAWD yes, this is me...seems to be the one thing I always start from. Its why I sometimes hav...
  • Great post, Cindy, as you said what most writers are thinking. If we want to be the "Successful Author" then, yes, this is what we must do. Sounds like drudgery in hav...