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  • Great advice, Elisabeth! Text sounds different on your ear than it does as you read si...uld read her work out loud at some point, and certainly while in late revision mode.
  • Hi Emily, Don't be scared and keep writing. What you're seeing is a culmination of rel...lusive in retail book chains because they still operate in this Depression Era mode. Support your libraries in an...
  • I'm so close to birthing this first novel of mine...but I think it's a lot like actual childbirth.  There are times when I PUSH and it feels so good to make huge progr...
  • I think the imagery of this is great, and I love how you capture it in such a short space. After a few seconds my mind has so many images of this scene. Great Job! The...
  • Smiling, smiling. Great info, Julie, and even greater presentation. I never participated in one of those November writing marathons, but perhaps it's time for me to st...
  • Great point, Bella!  Sometimes it can be beneficial just to get the whole story down on paper (cathartic) expressing everything we really feel and think about experien...
  • I learned to touch-type at age 10 (on my mother's Royal manual typewriter), so for me typing is as natural as writing by hand. I think I'm a better writer on the compu...
  • This is a very good post. But as somebody who has self-published, let me translate: Don't think that self-publishing is going to be inexpensive, or quick. If you want...
  • Thanks, Linda. It sounds like you've figured out a great approach for nudging that earlier writing to a better place. I'm so glad I didn't publish earlier versions of...
  • Kevin Camp commented on her article Dry Drunk, Part 2
    Like you, I am an introvert and have no stomach for promoting my own self-published work or any work, for that matter. My day job is working with PR firms who want me...