"Don't Use Writing to Get Love" The title comes from Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg. Not a bad book, and several of her thoughts are useful. One is something I've seen in writers, especially of fiction, obviously because I've seen it in myself, this idea that we writers are curious creatures who can't live the way others do.
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Wouldn’t it be nice if someone could hand you the steps to success? Haven't you fantasized about finding the formula like some long-forgotten treasure hidden away in the attic for several years, collecting dust and just waiting to be employed by an enterprising writer–like you? Maybe you've even believed the blueprint existed. Like anyone, I've secretly longed to find that
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As I get ready to launch Your Writers Group 2.0, the broader community/training site that's taken many months to produce, I've been researching a lot of great sites and programs for writing and generally thoughtful reading. There's a ton of great stuff out there for free. What I think is missing is balanced help on NOT publishing too soon–on writing,
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I had this thought yesterday: Everyone who lives with barriers to belief who has made a conscious negative response about faith has fully misjudged God. The realization of that stopped me. Somehow I knew it was a glimpse of God’s perspective and his true love for those he misses. And so I stopped and considered it. And no more than
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I know. I feel the same way about marketing as you do. Even saying the word makes the sunshine in my soul go out just a little bit. But if it's actually time for you to "increase your network," I think I may have found something that I can actually recommend. And it doesn't involve you being forced to start
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