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When You’re In A Writing Rut, Take A Class Or Something
As a working writer, it can be a solitary life. Being a total introvert that works for me. But every now and then it’s good to connect. Lately, I’ve been in… I don’t know. I wouldn’t exactly call it a … Continue reading
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Tagged "writing workshop", continuing education, critique, manuscript, memoir, networking, personal essay, reader, review, revision, rut, writing class
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The Wait… Killing Dreams Or Making Dreams Come True One Manuscript At A Time… Until It Is Yours
I have kept myself busy or more accurately distracted because I’m always busy, the last few weeks, so I wouldn’t think about my manuscript. It is off in an editor extraordinaire’s hands, and has been for almost three weeks. But … Continue reading
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Tagged "dream killer", critique, editor, feedback, manuscript, memoir, waiting, writers
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One More Time – Revising, Prepping And Sending Off My Manuscript
So, I’m doing this again. You know that thing I said I wouldn’t do. That thing that if I had to do again, I would scratch my own eyes out and gladly bleed out on the table, just so I … Continue reading
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Tagged "medical memoir", editor, epiphany, health, manuscript, memoir, rebirth, revising, revision, writer
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A Case (Kind Of) Of Publishing Envy
Have you ever felt like you were lagging behind everyone else… like WAY behind? Lately, these thoughts and frustrations plague me, focusing on, “Why aren’t you published yet?” In the past eighteen months, several of my friends and peers have … Continue reading
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Tagged "book tour", author, career, envy, manuscript, publishing, stuck, success
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Finding The Perfect Editor For Your Baby (Book)
I feel that as a professional freelance editor I should have worlds of wisdom on this topic: finding the right editor for your book. But I don’t. It is something I am trying to navigate myself as we speak. The … Continue reading
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Tagged “book doctor”, book, editor, manuscript, memoir
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