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When It’s Time to Publish

When It's Time to Publish

I compare publishing a book to having a baby. The nine-month pregnancy—writing the book—is the first part. The life that follows the birth is the rest of the story. In ways, you’re done—you’ve finished writing the book. In other ways, you’ve only just begun.

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Show Up for Yourself

Show Up for Yourself

Calendars are key to getting your writing time.  Write your writing time into your weekly calendar like the important appointment it is.  Set the length of time for it and stick to it.

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What Makes a Good Memoir?

What Makes a Good Memoir?

Writing a memoir is a creatively challenging experience, even for the most experienced of writers. It is creative nonfiction at its finest—a story carved from out of lived experience and shaped to tell an engaging, important story. It’s often a story drawn out of a situation, like Kimberly Rae Miller’s

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