It’s the season for waiting… Waiting for Thanksgiving, Day-after-Thanksgiving Shopping, Christmas… But for writers, we have a different kind of waiting. Many of us have recently returned from writing conferences full of good news that proposal / chapters / full manuscripts have been requested. We’ve spent days, weeks, months perfecting our works so that the agents / editors see us …
My Not-So-Thick Skin
As writers, one admonition we continuously hear is: develop a thick skin. It’s a tough business, one usually filled with more put downs than adoration so it makes sense to construct that thick layer of skin. I actually thought my skin was pretty tough until … Those final round Genesis critiques came back. Whoa. Can you say eye-opening? Now, to …
Running the Writing Race
Come on over to my Spire Reviews blog today as I’m talking about persevering even when you’re not seeming to go anywhere, and all seems hopeless. There is a payoff! https://spirereviews.blogspot.com/2012/04/perseverance-pay-off.html
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