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  • ...stle/business, Strong As A Mother 90 Day Strength Program. As it is with writers, once I dove into that I thought, Crap, I should be writing, NOT starting a new project. So...I am maki...
  • ...al media savvy but incorporating one with the other seems so foreign to me. I appreciate you putting this article together. Good information as a starting point for this total and comp...
  • Enjoyed this article and also reading about the games you and your friend played centered around writing, especially "...coming up with 5000+ words of pure story.... The processes of Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury and Mark Twain are closer to my own way of starting a project.
  • I really needed this article, as it can truly be overwhelming to commit to starting and actually finishing that first draft.
  • Thanks, Nancy for sharing your revisioning process. It is very helpful as I am currently starting to read, revise and restructure the 1st draft of my first memoir.
  • ...in eBooks, paperbacks and audio books) and went through all the steps, agents, editors, publishers and now after 33 years with legacy publishers, starting in 2012, I self-publish. I a...
  • ...isit, e.g. my daughter's addiction issues (I'm not sure I'll ever be ready), my journey through puberty, divorce, grief. There are some I am just starting to be able to touch on. Not e...
  • ...y turned it around without the years spent working it and reflecting on it. Sometimes you just have to get down the autobiographical stuff as a starting point and then eventually you...
  • Thanks for the insights! I'll be starting my query letters in a couple of months, and your organizational hints will be really helpful.
  • ...ear Amazon Kindle offers a new publishing package that includes hard copies.  I am now considering whether to sign up for this new service.  I am starting to write again, and hope to s...