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  • Tayari, Your timing in posting this article is almost too perfect! As a beginning writer I have been beating myself up over my writing style, a style that comes out as...
  • Interesting. Born and bred in the Netherlands, and with a background in multicultural theater I'm often surprised by the differences between the U.S. and the Netherlan...
  • Allyson - yes I think that's true, and I guess this brings advantages & disadvantages (I have to guess because I also see myself as an aunt!) I think it's still es...
  • For humanity's sake I would not like to see woman going into combat, or into any occupation legal or otherwise that incites that thing that allows/provokes a human to...
  • I proved your point just this morning. A friend emailed me to compliment my latest blo...generation (don't know how it is with younger generations) were trained to be modest. So now I'm going to email...
  • It’s overwhelming, to say the least, especially for those of us starting out in the writing business. I recently came to terms with the fact that I cannot do it all. N...
  • Brooke Warner commented on her article What Are E-Books Worth?
    Susan, yes, I agree with you, but I think that Amazon is abusing its power. If Amazon were consistent in the percentages it takes then all would be well. If they just...
  • Hi Cathy, Yup. That's struck me as a problem ever since I was a kid and noticed that while I read books with both girl and boy protagonists, boys would rather die tha...
  • I find it extremely inappropriate that those of us who have presented alternative models to how the author could hav...
  • One thing that really taught me how to make time for myself is to think this way-- What would I do if I had promised someone else that I would write something? I would...