Tag: being a novelist
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Integrity . . . ?
I’ve been struggling with making writing time lately. It’s been sucky. After writing over 2,000 words a day for a week to meet my goal of finishing my latest novel […]
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The feminist child.
I have always been a feminist. I didn’t know what that word meant when I was a little girl, but I was one, and here’s the thing about that: No […]
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Been gone awhile.
Sorry about that. I’ve been rather busy. I’ve decided that while writing is still my main passion in life, being self-employed is a big deal. So I started a small […]
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The relationship.
As a writer, I get handed a lot of books by random people. Some of the books are by authors these people admire, some of them are self-written works, some […]
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Branding.
I met with my small business consultant today, and she and I discussed that illusive and bizarre creature, my brand. She suggested I come up with a handful of key […]
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Off the map.
I write urban fantasy, which means I write stories that generally take place in real cities that actually exist somewhere. I suppose I could make one up every now and […]
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How to help people.
I had a job interview a while ago for office assistant at a chiropractor’s office. I gushed during the interview about how much I enjoyed helping people, how my previous […]
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Hard lessons in writing: Once you finish, do it again.
I mean, of course, that deja-vu insanity, editing. As a novelist, you’ve got to not only write the whole book, but then you have to sit down and read it […]
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