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  • I think that there is a difference between a person making peace with things he's felt ashamed of, and telling everybody deeply personal things to a larger and more im...
  • Robin, I hear what you're saying, but I'm not really sure why you thought I was attacking Harlequin as vigorously as you seem to think I was. I claimed that they give...
  • Laura Brennan commented on her article Talking for Writers
    Goodness!  I am so impressed that so many of you are brave enough to post your loglines and pitches!  Fantastic. And @Bonnie, I know.  I'm sorry.  But the good news is...
  • My initial thought on reading the piece over the weekend was to burrow under the covers. But there are much more optimistic takes on the current landscape, and you've...
  • I think as a young person - all should be out working, studying, improving themselves, socialising with family and friends and enjoying life... and remembering the cre...
  • JR
    I have a similar agreement with my children. I find the excuses you listed at the begi...we must affect change where we are able. I can affect my childrens behavior by modeling the choices I hope they w...
  • Thanks for articulating these steps. I also write and teach memoir. I think sometimes seeing yourself as a character is hard to do. Sometimes when the material is too...
  • I think it is helpful to have both fresh readers and second-round readers go over the subsequent draft. My most helpful criticism came from someone I had hesitated to...
  • Lots of good industry info, but as someone who is an events director at an independent bookstore I take a bit of issue with the attitude you assume we have toward even...
  • Great interview, Elline. Though I have two sons, I've always read Peggy's writing about girls, keeping my own experience as a girl in mind and how it shaped the choice...