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The Three Year Itch
Kristine Kathryn Rusch had an interesting post up this week on the Business Rusch: Reality Check. It’s worth a read for anyone who wants to do this writing thing for the long-haul. I found this quote interesting: “It usually takes about … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, Kristine Kathryn Rusch blog, Nano, perseverance, professionalism, writing
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Staying Positive
In between walking the new puppy about fifteen times a day and comforting her over the thunderstorm we had tonight, I’ve been trolling writer’s forums again. And for some reason I’m really noticing the people who have flipped over from … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings
Tagged being a writer, it's ok to step away for a bit, perseverance, positive attitude, positivity matters, professionalism, writing
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Time and Money
Every once in a while I’m tempted to quit this “writing thing.” I run the numbers and they don’t add up. I hear an agent talk about how you should have six to seven books in print and selling steadily … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writer, it takes time and money, perseverance, the average outcome is not your outcome, wanting to quit, writing
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The issue of talent
Before I start, I’d just like to say that I still find it fascinating the search terms that supposedly lead people to my blog. And I haven’t decided yet whether the search engines are really bad at matching up people … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, General Musings, Life, Writing
Tagged being a writer, believe you are never good enough, life is not actually binary by the way, motivation, or believe in yourself and be happy but mediocre, patricia c. wrede blog, perseverance, search results, tag abuse, talent can be a detriment, writing
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A Chuck Wendig Day
Before I get started I’d just like to state for the record that it sounds like a large elephant is bouncing around in the apartment above me. And if I knew how to say, “Hey, you big fat elephant quit … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Writing
Tagged being a writer, but you can do it, consistency, of course step one is actually writing something, perseverance, real life sucks sometimes, step two is getting it out there for others to see, terribleminds blog, this shit aint easy, writing
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I could complain (and will while pretending I’m not), but I shouldn’t
I want to complain because I wasn’t able to upgrade my seat for my fifteen-hour flight, which means I’ll be in a normal economy seat for the entire time. Which will suck and will be exhausting. But, I’m getting to fly halfway … Continue reading
Posted in Life
Tagged being a writer, business advice that can apply to writing, my first world problems, perseverance, writing, you have to enjoy the journey
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Perseverance and Positive Attitude
In my daily crawl of web sites, I ran across a good post by Rachelle Gardner on Big Dreams vs. Realistic Expectations. I think it dovetails nicely with another post I had bookmarked a little bit ago by Jim C. … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, Jim C. Hines blog, perseverance, positive attitude, Rachelle Gardner blog, writing
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Making a living at this
I couldn’t quite figure out what to write about today, so I decided I’d share one of the many links I’ve acquired along the way. (I drop them into a folder of “specific articles” and when I’m stuck I go … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, Jim C. Hines blog, making a living, perseverance, writing
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Feeding the fire…
In my little hiatus from daily posting on the blog, I started to think about the idea of keeping the momentum going. Not just as a writer establishing a personal routine. (I think it IS important for a writer to develop a … Continue reading
Posted in General Musings, Writing
Tagged being a writer, consistency, keeping readers, perseverance, this blog, writing
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