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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...
  • Enjoyed your post, but don't find it insulting to be asked if I write literary or commercial writing. Literary fiction is rather highbrow and commercial more down-to-...
  • My daughters grew up knowing that 'Mom' had a media platform far beyond most of their friends' moms. At first it was a weekly radio show, then a weekly TV show (both r...
  • Oh, and the ones I've used for self publishing are lulu, authorhouse, and balboa. Each have significant pro's and cons. Depending on your book subject, I can help guide you to one or none of these.
  • Sarah, A good question! The Kindle version of my mystery novel, Mixed Messages, is $4.99. As far as I know, I have no control over the price. My publisher tells me tha...
  • I'm writing a novel about a rock band, so sometimes I need musical inspiration, depending on the kind of scene I'm writing. Other times, though, I need to get inside m...
  • I absolutely agree that everything should be the same in terms of reviewing both self-published and traditionally-published books.  But I'm not sold on the idea that e...
  • Patricia, you understand yourself so well! Of course when a baby cries, she will not be ignored. But when the choices we make over-fill our plates, what can we do? Kee...
  • Great article! Random House is perfectly aware that Percy's name has no place in the title. If we were to follow their logic, then every single book should have the na...
  • Lovely piece - funny, entertaining, well-written and heartfelt - and it reminded me so much of a Christmas many years ago when the oven grew rebellious, its temperatur...