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The Shame I Feel
I’m stupid. I’m inadequate. I am a failure. This is what I grew up believing about myself, and there was no place that proved these points more often, more relentlessly, and more consistently than school. All day long, five days … Continue reading
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Tagged art and profits, character, creative life, life of a writer, literary world, priorities, process, productivity, promotion, public, research, sacred space; writing space; the writer's des, Starting a new work, storytelling, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, writing life
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The Conversation
This is a conversation I have had quite often: “How do I get to do what you do?” I am asked. “What exactly do you mean?” How do I get a book published? How do I get paid to teach … Continue reading
Take Heart, Creators
I imagine that we all have a lot spinning in our hearts right now. It’s an election year here in the United States, and a contentious one and the energy is painful and distracting and punishing. Political views aside, how … Continue reading
Posted in comfort, creativity, Day by day, depression, emotion, Energy, fiction, Gratitude, Grief, History, Process, Publishing, Story, Uncategorized
Tagged creative life, life of a writer, literary world, not writing, priorities, process, renewal, working, writing life
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The Market
People often ask me how to read the market. What should they do? What’s the next new trend? How did I know to write what I wrote when I wrote it? Look at me, I want to say. Do I … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Decisions, economics, emotion, Energy, failure, fiction, History, marketing, Passion, posterity, Process, Starting a new work, Starting over, success, The market, Uncategorized, Visibilty, what artists need
Tagged advice, art and profits, character, creative life, life of a writer, literary world, posterity, process, promotion, public, storytelling, success, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, working, writing life
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