by Janet Lane These are the times that try writer’s souls. Are your writer’s dreams getting battered in the maelstrom of the current publishing world? I have experienced the many frustrations of writing fiction, and I understand my fellow RMFW members’ struggles with rejections, disappointing sales, the daunting task of getting reviews or an editor…
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When Life Gets in the Way
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer Ever heard the saying, When Life Gives You Lemons? I’m sure sick of the bite of lemonade right now. Since January, and my stupid New Years’ resolution to write daily, the most I’ve written is 500 words and that was in the cafeteria of a hospital. My dad has been having…
From a Dinosaur Publishing in a Digital World … by Chris Goff
Okay, I admit it, I got into this game long enough ago that my first words were scribbled on white tablets, with mistakes scratched out and arrows drawn to indicate where whole passages needed to be moved. Later, I typed stories on a manual typewriter, keeping copious amounts of Wite-Out on hand. Later, because an…
The Curse of the First Pancake … by Shannon Baker
There’s a piece of writing wisdom that says to hone your craft, you must first write one million words. Back in my early years, I’d read somewhere that it takes, on average, twelve years from beginning writer to published author. If you’re writing every day, those might amount to roughly the same. If that’s the…
The Bloody, Gory, Awful Choices We Make To Write Books
By Aaron Ritchey “Don’t demand that your art supports your life. Instead, make a promise that your life will always support your art. –Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, from her interview with Luc Berthelett “Life isn’t a support system for art. It’s the other way around.” –Stephen King from On Writing Okay, so…