Tag Archives: perseverance

The Three Year Itch

Posted on November 10, 2013 by

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 →

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Staying Positive

Posted on August 24, 2013 by

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 →

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Finding Motivation

Posted on August 2, 2013 by

I’m going to get all philosophical today.  Because that happens to be where my head is and I’d rather talk about that than the fact that I sat through two days of a writing workshop, learned TONS, and then turned … Continue reading →

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Time and Money

Posted on May 13, 2013 by

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 →

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The issue of talent

Posted on February 11, 2013 by

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 →

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A Chuck Wendig Day

Posted on February 10, 2013 by

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 →

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I could complain (and will while pretending I’m not), but I shouldn’t

Posted on November 29, 2012 by

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 →

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Perseverance and Positive Attitude

Posted on October 15, 2012 by

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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Making a living at this

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

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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Feeding the fire…

Posted on August 12, 2012 by

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 →

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