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  • I believe that part of the problem lies in the perception of the issue as a "block." I...ur subconscious, which happens more easily when the brain is in a more relaxed mode.
  • I love the learning you have shared with us here. I've had, and am having, the same experience with my memoir which I've been working on for years. And like you, I hav...
  • Wow, this is a tough issue. Like many others, my first question would be "Why would a guy want to be a part of something so definitively girlie?" Why would "he" want...
  • Julija, I want to publish so many of the manuscripts that come across my desk. It's hard because sometimes even the best novel languishes as we try to find room and mo...
  • Whether a person is married, and how they have or have not maintained the state of their marriage provide important indicators of one's ability to hold dear and value...
  • Hi Jack, Good on you for writing about this! I speak of the subject of The Great Hunger all the time. I wrote a book, The Irish Dresser that deals primarily with the e...
  • "It seems to me that there is, quite simply, no more vulnerable, terrible, memorable time of life than adolescence." Boy does that  bring back memories. Sure I remembe...
  • @Sandra - Although I think it's OK to break the "rules" (within reason), I do think that too many people think it's OK to simply ignore things like grammar and punctua...
  • @ Karyne,  GRINNING OUR BEHINDS OFF.  Thank you, chick.  Jeanie, who is also a lover of the joe actually put down her coffee to shout out a H*LL YEAH!  We have fun wit...
  • Looking over the list of day jobs should also serve to remind us that simply because you work another job doesn't mean that you're not a "real writer." I once heard Ma...