So…why write, again? Last weekend, I had the honor of giving a book talk and participating in an author panel hosted by Pikes Peak Writers, and the question came up over and over again as we shared the difficulties of things like getting noticed, figuring out royalty statements, dealing with
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My favorite part of readings and bookstore events is, by far, the Q&A period. Opinions mesh and mingle, I am inevitably surprised by a question I’d never thought of, and I get to try to make sense of some really snappy and insightful quandaries. At one of my recent events,
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click to enlarge I got a stack of galleys of my book in the mail. A stack! They are perfect for holding atop one’s head in celebration. My new chapeau. Apparently I have written and published a book. And that thrills/excites/scares/thrills/scares/thrills me. I guess I wasn’t prepared for the tactile
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Be patient, Jo, don’t get despondent or do rash things, write to me often, and be my brave girl, ready to help and cheer all. – Marmee’s last words as she leaves to take care of Father in Washington, Little Women by Louisa May Alcott When I update my friends
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When I read the word “perseverance,” it’s in a self-conscious Jane Eyre type of voice, but that tongue-in-cheek delivery doesn’t really do justice to the concept. All of the plucky heroines and authors of The Heroine’s Bookshelf have one thing in common: they’re not easily swayed by fate’s slings, arrows,
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