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Drive me Crazy
This weekend I attended a workshop for fiction writers and it was once of those great ones that you hope for that leave you feeling enthused to write rather than wanting to give it up all together. I … more →
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Drive me Crazy
Whiti wrote 1 day ago: This weekend I attended a workshop for fiction writers and it was once of those great ones that you … more →
Those other difficult people...
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Whiti wrote 1 week ago: Last week I attended a seminar on dealing with difficult people. If only I had known this when I wor … more →
I'll have another piece...
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Whiti wrote 1 month ago: … of that humble pie. If you saw me in person last week I probably bitched talked about my fru … more →
She's here...
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Whiti wrote 1 month ago: (In that creepy sing-song Poltergeist voice) Yes, I have clawed my way back from the pits of dial up … more →
Join the Dots
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Whiti wrote 2 months ago: Did you enjoy these as a kid? Some of them so obvious that you knew half way around what the picture … more →
Drip, drip
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Whiti wrote 2 months ago: The rain had been steady all weekend. Occasionally I’d look outside and think how lucky we, Th … more →
The heart of the matter
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Whiti wrote 2 months ago: Take two weeks, and just get it done. This was the last piece of advise given to me yesterday by a r … more →
The Final Countdown
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Whiti wrote 3 months ago: 10, 9, 8, 7… We all chanted in a tone that was partly smug, partly encouraging. From the glas … more →
Rubber band syndrome
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Whiti wrote 3 months ago: Most of the time I seem to live in my head, and because of this I am always a little surprised, mayb … more →
Collabo - no
Gina B. wrote 3 months ago: One of the (many) reasons why I’m still single is that I’m a HORRIBLE collaborator. I’m not … more →
Don't, don't you want me...
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Whiti wrote 3 months ago: I just got an email from the good folk at NZ Book month to inform me that, alas, my story didn … more →
Simplify and Specify
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Whiti wrote 4 months ago: People with scissors are different from those people without. Aside from the obvious fact that they … more →
A Damning Review?
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Whiti wrote 4 months ago: She didn’t even make it past the cover - should I be worried? There is a golden time between … more →
What does an audience want?
Whiti wrote 5 months ago: I went to a talk by film maker Gaylene Preston today. It was great to see someone so passionate abou … more →
Editing is a Juggling Act
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seriouswriter wrote 8 months ago: I’ve recently undertaken a couple of nonfiction editing jobs, which, of course, have brought e … more →
Off the Wagon Bigtime
seriouswriter wrote 8 months ago: Ok, so we went out of town over Thanksgiving and then I got embroiled in a big project and I haven … more →
On Being a Writer
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simplicitygirl wrote 9 months ago: Am I even considered a writer if I’ve never been published? I don’t seem to know the right peopl … more →
Still Here!
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seriouswriter wrote 10 months ago: I apologize for not posting for so long. It’s been for the best of all reasons — I … more →
Why Read Genre How-To Books?
seriouswriter wrote 11 months ago: I don’t write romances or mysteries or true crime or historical novels, but I have books about … more →
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