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Publish or Perish? Really? (part 1 of 3)
Beloved author, Paulo Coelho has many fine quotes, as the prolific writer he is and I dedicate this series to the themes within this statement: “Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Act because you need to…
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To blog or not to blog IS always the question
Weekly does my Writer’s Support Group for the Reticent Blogger meet at 1pm on Tuesdays. This gathering has been going on since March of 2010 and weekly many of the same people come to convene and converse about what is in the way of writing right now! Or perhaps what success there is to report.…
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Writing Community Style: Finding One's Writing Voice
Recently, this “journal writer” spent four glorious weeks in a class I would take over and over again. Monday mornings my ritual for the last four weeks was an 11am pot of tea with three other students of the craft of writing and one FINE facilitator. We can’t return enough to explore the basics and the…
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Authentic Writing Could…
Inspire a Recommendation from a friend… Act like a Muse on another Dreamer… Clarify for New People who you are and what you do and why… Make a reader smile, ponder, engage, respond, and express gratitude… Support your Credibility Gracefully (or Provocatively)… Further tap into your unknown wisdom and creativity… …Be exactly what is…