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Guest Post: Giving Up On Writing. Again. And Again.

Patrice Jun 29 2018
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Guest Post, Inspiration, Miscellaneous, Writing Life

When Patrice asked if I’d be willing to write a post about not giving up, my first response was: oh, but I’m not the right person for this—I gave up so many times! But Patrice made a good point: writing isn’t about not wanting to give up, but about knowing when to keep going. The first book I ever wrote seriously (by which I mean I wrote “The End” and actually let another human—aka not […]

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Knowing Yourself Better Through Writing

Jules Jun 15 2018
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Inspiration, Writing Life

The word “journey” is used a lot when it comes to writing and publishing. It can describe the process of turning an idea into a completed manuscript or a Word document into a hardcover book, or even the metamorphosis of a writer, after years of being rejected, into a fully-fledged published author. But “journey” can also describe something that’s much more personal: the business of getting to know yourself better through your writing. I’ve been […]

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For the writers writing sequels

Jodi May 14 2018
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Inspiration, Writers Toolbox, Writing Life

There’s something about sequels. Sequels are difficult for most almost every author I know. For those early in their careers, it’s often their first time writing an entire novel under contract, and under deadline. Contracts and deadlines do a funny thing to books: suddenly the fun idea is also work. Suddenly it’s not just the writer’s; it’s the publisher’s, too. Add the layer of pressure that comes from reader expectation? Writing a sequel can be […]

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Making Attainable Goals

Jules Mar 21 2018
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Inspiration, Writing Life

As writers, we make many goals for ourselves: Finish a new manuscript this year. Sign with an agent by my birthday in September. Write 50,000 words in November. Send out 10 queries this week. Show my editor the proposal for my next work. Hit the New York Times Bestsellers list. Win a Printz or a Newbury. Make a new friend at the upcoming writers’ conference. Get J.K. Rowling to blurb my book.   Those are […]

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Taking Writing breaks, especially when you don’t want to

Patrice Jan 19 2018
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Inspiration, Writing Life

Hey PubCrawl readers! Happy Friday! I’m here today to talk about writing breaks and giving your creative soul time to recharge, complete with craft links (at the post’s end)!! I am a big fan of taking breaks. I am also the world’s most stubborn person. I’ve talked about this a bit here before, but 2016 was a really rough year for me. I had been querying for a few years at that point. About a […]

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