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On Becoming a Writer
Once I’d made my mind up to it, becoming a writer was fairly simple. I committed myself to it. I studied it. I read a lot of books. I attended a lot of readings. I attended as many workshops as … Continue reading
Posted in comfort, Comparison, Competition, Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, Decisions, editors, emotion, failure, fiction, marketing, Play, privacy, Publishing, Self-worth, Starting a new work, Starting over, success, The market, Uncategorized, what artists need, Writing career
Tagged art and profits, creative life, dread, giving up, life of a writer, literary world, not writing, process, productivity, promotion, public, self esteem, success
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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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The Value of Play
Dear Nancy Your pre-writing walks along the river sound glorious, and so does your description of your childhood “moodling” time in the woods. As a child, I also walked in the woods. It was a great solace to me, and … Continue reading
Posted in Competition, Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, fantasy, fiction, fun with what we do, Gratitude, happiness, Journaling, marketing, Play, posterity, Process, Self-worth, The Writer's Life, violence, Visibilty, Writing career
Tagged art and profits, creative life, life of a writer, literary world, not writing, physical world, praise; accolades; worth; words and value, process, productivity, promotion, self-worth, success, working, writing life
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Smart
Dear Karen, I laughed out loud reading your letter, not because of what you said, but because of the man who said to you, “The more you learn, the more you say.” Really? Would someone really say that without seeing … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Day by day, fantasy, marketing, Process, Publishing, spaciousness, The Writer's Life, Uncategorized
Tagged advice, art and profits, character, creative life, life of a writer, literary world, process, productivity
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Marketing and Visibility
Dear Karen, Thank you for reminding me of the spirit and divinity of a creative life. You are right, I am lucky. Lucky to live in a world that has creative writing programs, in a world where words and writers … Continue reading
Posted in creativity, Decisions, marketing, Publishing, Self-worth, Uncategorized
Tagged art and profits, life of a writer, priorities, process, productivity, promotion, public, Starting a new work, success, support
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