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Living in Fear
I have been living in fear. I am afraid of my public life. I am afraid of what it might mean to be known for what I do and recognized. I am afraid of what it might mean to not … Continue reading
Posted in comfort, creativity, Day by day, Decisions, depression, emotion, Energy, fantasy, Gratitude, happiness, home, Passion, positivity; grace; light, posterity, privacy, Public appearances, Self-worth, success, Uncategorized
Tagged life of a writer, literary world, love, magic, physical world, praise; accolades; worth; words and value, priorities, process, promotion, public, renewal, self esteem, self-worth
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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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Poet Luisa Igloria joins our conversation: making our way as women, as writers, as teachers
06 September 2014 Norfolk, VA Dear Karen, Dear Nancy— Oh your last two letters! One, on heart and mind; and on how important it is to not be afraid of the intimate and the “personal.” http://nancypeacockbooks.com/wp/heart-and-mind/ The other, on passion … Continue reading
Track Changes
Dear Karen – I have a four day weekend coming up, a weekend in which I intend to take a walk by the river every morning and then have breakfast, and begin my work. My work right now is called … Continue reading
Accolades
Dear Karen, It is raining. I had a photo shoot planned for this morning (new pix for my new book) but due to weather the photographer and I have had to cancel and reschedule for next week. I once gave … Continue reading
Posted in posterity, Process, Self-worth, The Writer's Life
Tagged accolades, creative life, life of a writer, posterity, process, Starting a new work, writing life
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