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Support? What support?
There will always be people who support you and there will always be people who don’t. Focus on the ones who do.
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When your characters are just like you
We are what we write and what we write is who we are. Just as art imitates life, so too do our stories imitate our psyches.
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Indie Book Review: “The Road to Somorrostro” by Julia Slack
As an indie author myself, I feel that it’s super important to support other self-published writers. So…I’ve started buying and reviewing one indie book each month. (Want to be included? Email me here with your book info!) Next up is “The Road to Somorrostro” by Julia Slack.
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Waiting for a breakthrough
Give yourself time. Read through what you have. Make corrections as you need to. Focus on other parts of the manuscript. And, eventually, you’ll probably hit on a few right notes.
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Making time to write
It’s easy to say you should “make time” for what’s important. But there are only so many hours in the day, and that means it isn’t always possible to “make time.”
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When the story writes itself
But sometimes, every so often, the stars align and you get that killer writing session. The words come out perfectly; the story pretty much writes itself.
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Too fast, too slow, or just what it’s supposed to be?
The thing is, time will always be our best friend and our worst enemy. There will never be enough time for us to be fully satisfied, because the best of life deserves all the time in the world. And there will never be too little time to experience the worst of life, because the bad…
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Who do you write for?
So when you find yourself wondering if others will like what you write, ask yourself one important question first: Do YOU like what you’re writing?
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All of our different lives
They say you only have one life to live, but I think that’s a lie. I think we’re constantly being reborn, birthed into new seasons and new beginnings. I believe the seasons we walk through are inherently temporary, and so is the person we are when we experience them.
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