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Writing Sanctuary vs. Reality...

Settling down in the writing sanctuary where words and ideas flow like... hold on, the 14lb cat is crawling onto my lap and... the 55lb...

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Can I (you) be a writer? And, how to be a writer.

I quit my job in 2016. After fifteen years, I’d had enough corporate life. But, I also felt if I stayed on the job longer, I’d regret it,...

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Being a Writer...

Unfortunately it includes marketing. Our latest feeble attempts follow, as does how we became a writer. https://www.veriteventures.com/po...

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Standing Out in a Crowd

When self-publishing—if you market your own work—you are basically starting a marketing business. Today, marketing seems focused on...

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How to Find Comfort with Writing Weaknesses

I’ve started writing Insecticide Two. I put sixty hours into the outline, felt good about the path forward, and excited to write a...

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Insecticide 2 Update: Singing in the Shower

I completed an outline version this week. I read the outline aloud after finishing to see how it sounded, and how quickly and simply it...

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Insecticide 2 Update: Progress?

My outline for Insecticide 2 is growing—up to ten pages—but so is my To Do list. Bullet items seem to be spawning bullet items at this...

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Insecticide 2 Update: Is the Final Cumulative?

When I was in grad school, every semester at least one professor would read the syllabus aloud during the first class—grad school...