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Why You NEED To Separate From Your Work

How to Deal with Rejection - It's Not About You

Anyone in any area of the arts knows it’s difficult to separate yourself from your work. Your writing feels like an extension of who you are. It hurts to hear anything negative said about a piece you’ve written. As long as you’re writing only for your own enjoyment, and not to be published, feeling totally bonded to each thing you produce is fine. But once you begin looking for publication, it can just kill you. Not only does rejection hurt, but every single step in the process of publication has fresh hurt for writers who cannot see the piece they produced as something other than a shard of their soul.

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Listener Question of the Week:

Wendy asks:

How do I handle back matter in a picture book? Is it included it in the word count, should the font be different, and how would I include it––as a separate document or within the story?

You can leave your question at http://www.speakpipe.com/WFC. If it’s featured on the show, you’ll receive the fab embroidered ICL cap.

 

Maybe It’s Your Punctuation?

This little PDF about using different punctuation marks is well worth printing out and putting up beside your computer.

 

12 Tips of Creating an Engaging Flawed Hero

Heroes can be tough. We have to be able to connect with them, but no one should be perfect. Here are some great tips to achieve the balance.

 

If Only My Mom Owned the Publishing Company

Rick Riordan on having connections. (Do you have any?)

 

Episode 007 has a question about rejection…click here to listen to the answer.

 

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