motivation
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Congratulations! You failed!
If there’s anything consistent about the creative life, it’s that you will get rejected. A lot. I’m sure you know that already, but probably, when you first started sending out work, a part of you assumed that wouldn’t apply to you. The first time I sent out a story, I had this fantasy–we all had…
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A Writer or an Author?
There are hundreds of websites out there that will tell you that to be a writer, all you need to do is write. I used to read this advice, nod sagely, and then think “This is pablum.” All a writer needs to do is write sounds like something you say to comfort yourself because you haven’t…