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Thick Skin, Tender Heart
Dear Lisa, Last week I received the revision letter for a novel that will be published in 2016. The notes are far more extensive than I expected. As I scrolled through initially I panicked. It seemed too much to absorb, … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, creativity, critique, Day by day, depression, Drafts, editors, Energy, fiction, Play, Process, Publishing, research, Revision, Starting a new work, Story, The Muse, Uncategorized, what artists need
Tagged character, dread, giving up, Jigsaw puzzle, life of a writer, not writing, priorities, research, Starting a new work, The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson, working
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Spear Fishing
Dear Karen, Good lord, yes! The modern world is an anxious place. Every person I know swims in this sea, and as you say about art, art is anxiety in and of itself. I wish this were not so. Or … Continue reading
Posted in comfort, Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, Decisions, Drafts, Energy, fiction, fun with what we do, happiness, Maintenance, Play, Process, Revision, Starting over, Story, Uncategorized
Tagged creative life, giving up, Jigsaw puzzle, life of a writer, Starting a new work, Starting over, working, writing life
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Jigsaw Puzzle
Dear Karen, After a week off work, with no schedule and plenty of walks along the river, writing, good times with family and at home, reading, working jigsaw puzzles, dancing to The Staple Singers, and watching movies with Ben, I … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, creativity, Day by day, emotion, fun with what we do, Process, Self-worth, spaciousness, Starting a new work, Story, Uncategorized
Tagged accolades, art and profits, creative life, Jigsaw puzzle, life of a writer, not writing, praise; accolades; worth; words and value, process, self esteem, self-worth, spaciousness, Starting a new work, success, working, writing life
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Puzzles
Dear Karen, I envy you being in the midst of writing a novel. I miss the puzzle of writing, the way my mind goes blank on everything else as I try to figure out the missing pieces. Maybe I need … Continue reading
Faith
Dear Karen, I too am never really finished with a work. Even now, when I give readings from my first novel, I change a word here, a word there. But those are just details. And I know I am finished … Continue reading
Posted in Completing a novel, Day by day, Process, Starting a new work
Tagged character, creative life, Jigsaw puzzle, life of a writer, not writing
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