Straight talk from the sisters about blood, sweat and ink
The good days for a writer usually revolve around a day when the words flow, the images form, and the plot thickens. It’s our own personal heaven and we tuck ourselves into bed that night with a sense of immense satisfaction. But also as writers, we subject ourselves to constant criticism, as do all artists. …
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After watching my writing pal enter the contest this month, I decided I wanted to know more about how successful some of the past winners had been at building careers. Also, I wanted to know what steps a writer could take to improve their odds of winning. As the historian of the Write On Sisters …
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A while ago I wrote about today’s saturated book market and the challenges writers face: getting work noticed and read; earning a living; building a platform so our work can get noticed and read and we can earn a living. It’s kind of a circuitous dance of codependent steps that does this sad shuffle or …
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