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Dealing with Other Peoples’ Success

| March 6, 2023

When you’re a writer, it’s easy to compare yourself to other writers and wonder why you’re not as successful or talented or whatever as they are. But it’s important to not get too wrapped up in comparisons or jealousy. This article calls it “the writer’s other classic curse” and offers some suggestions of ways to […]

Remembering to Celebrate

| July 2, 2018

Writing can be a difficult profession because a large portion of the job involves a lot of rejection. I’ve been submitting stories for publication for since 2010. It’s taken some time to build up a large stable of stories, but I’ve got more than 60 that reached the point where they could go out on […]