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By: Writer's Block: Is It Laziness or a Critical Part of Being a Longtime Author?

Writer's Block: Is It Laziness or a Critical Part of Being a Longtime Author? — Wed, 25 Aug 2021 22:02:52 +0000

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By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 00:02:32 +0000

In reply to UndercoverJW.

That’s when you get people you trust to be honest but thoughtful about your work. I have been wrapped up in a ghostwriting project for the past year so haven’t been teaching and editing. It’s all I could do to keep blogging. But I have turned in the final edits so will likely resume course. Keep checking in (maybe subscribe if you haven’t already) to see when I put up my specials. I offer to read and do a deep critique of anywhere from your first 10-50 pages. I can tell everything that is right or wrong in first 20 pages and how to fix it. I call it my “Write Stuff Special.” It’s super affordable and will give you a pro perspective on where you excel, what you might need to work on and how to do all that.

I had to pay a professional when I was new because all my friends and family were too nice.

By: UndercoverJW

UndercoverJW — Fri, 04 Jun 2021 21:10:26 +0000

My fear is that I may be like some of the “singers” auditioning for American Idol. You know, the ones who think they’re great singers, but they’re really William Hung.

By: raynayday

raynayday — Fri, 21 May 2021 17:21:19 +0000

Oh that apprenticeship phase. I had my first short story published when I was still at school, fifteen and published in “New Worlds” (the premier Science fiction magazine at the time). Despite numerous submissions (all turned down) I was twenty eight when the next was published. I decided to write a novel instead. In fact I wrote seven before I found a publisher and I was then forty. Luckily it was moderately successful and I got a contract for another but it did not sell at all. I was dumped, 48 before my second novel (I had written fourteen novels by this time and so many short stories they would have shored up the Kontiki and Ra expeditions with no need for papyrus) was accepted. Lol so that apprenticeship phase was only around thirty seven years before I really started to earn money from my books and stories. I should have been a doctor – they have it easy.

By: Bridgitte Rodguez

Bridgitte Rodguez — Wed, 19 May 2021 20:51:40 +0000

This was great! It really put becoming a writer into perspective! I’ve only recently decided I wanted to be a writer after a couple of decades of not knowing what I want to do with my life, so now that I finally know, I just want to be there! But it does take time and is a skill I have to continue to work at and eventually will pan out into a full fledged career. So thanks for the inspiration!

By: T.K. Thorne

T.K. Thorne — Wed, 19 May 2021 15:14:23 +0000

Wow, this is a great article (as always) but strangely, I started “arting” during the pandemic too. Your first attempts are more sophisticated than mine by far! Keep painting!

By: tiffanydickinson

tiffanydickinson — Wed, 19 May 2021 14:46:17 +0000

This is a helpful reminder, Kristen. Thanks for this. And nice feather.

By: reneewittman

reneewittman — Wed, 19 May 2021 03:38:24 +0000

It can be disheartening too when people around you think that it’s easy and want to know *fingersnap* when that novel is coming out. Just like that. Totally ready to publish as soon as your words hit the page, so why is it taking so long?

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Tue, 18 May 2021 07:03:53 +0000

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By: Kristen Lamb

Kristen Lamb — Mon, 17 May 2021 16:44:56 +0000

In reply to Jerry Furnell. Don't pick on yourself. I am adding in all the line-edit corrections from another editor. This isn't content edit which takes me WAY LONGER. It's punctuation, word echoes, grammar, etc. Yes, the process is tough. Even now I have been working on this book for ages and I am SO READY to be doing something else. SO close to the finish line but not quite there. I know almost every book I have written I never wanted to read ever again by the time it was in print.