Tag: being a writer

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • The end.

    I just found out that my next-door neighbor is dying. She has cancer. It hasn’t responded to any of the chemo or radiation the oncologists have tried. But the last […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • The balance.

    After having gotten into self-publishing, I’ve seen a lot of people talking about getting into it, too, and read about a lot of their techniques and a lot of their […]

  • Goals.

    One of my friends at work keeps telling me I won’t be working at that job next year.  She means that she thinks I will be successful with my books, […]

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