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  • Yeeeees, thank you for sharing! You state things so clearly that I can really nod too,...t my instincts as a paid writer (which have been set to "panic and desperation mode" for a few months) have been...
  • yes! Great Post! I'm right with you on #1 and #5. Got to try #4... at least with the lavender oil. I really don't mean to curl anyone's nerve, but must honestly say I...
  • Thanks for your response, Brooke, and for clarifying. it's very difficult to self-judg...ell our books, it's not because of discrimination; it's became of the business model. They get stuck with books t...
  • Thank you, Jenna! I don't know if there's such a thing as healthy envy, but that's what I felt in reading your post. I tried running a long time ago, but concluded it...
  • @Jane - Thanks! I'd be lost without my non-writer friends because when I'm with my homies--it's crazy. Anything can happen. I may use some of it as inspiration for sto...
  • Thanks for your comments. I appreciate hearing hwat you think because I hope it helps me to be a better writer and observer of politics and people. The reason for my o...
  • Dear Renate, I spent the day with Wanda Corn, Catharine Stimpson, Tirza Latimer and others who love and appreciate Stein -- the opening of the 2nd annual Feminist Art...
  • Another 40+ debut author here, Kamy. Mine came out when I was 48. I completely agree with your recitation of the benefits of being an older writer--namely, experience....
  • To all of you - many congratulations. And thank you. Reading this list is inspiring and motivating. Like all the activities of She Writers, it gives me renewed resolve and optimism with my own projects. Pauline
  • The idea for my YA novel came to me in a dream about 17 years ago....I wrote it up as a screenplay first, but it just didn't take.  I put it on the back burner and let...