I love this article. It is realistic and honest, even brutally so, but tough and helpful. Love it, love it, love it.
In a blogosphere where so much of what’s aimed at the aspiring writer is positive-thinking pablum, author Ruth Harris offers us some warnings, some disillusionment, and some practical advice on how to get over it all, in her “6 Prescriptions To Cure The Heartbreak Of Being Published.”
The comment thread is also an eyeful (and a mindful) as well. Kudos on a fantastic piece of advice!
I was hesitant to read Stephen King’s 
because I was afraid I would find little in it that was unexpected. Keep sending out queries, ✔ check. Don’t use this or that part of speech except when it works, ✔ check. Read a lot, ✔ check. Write a lot, ✔ check.
In 
In a damn* interesting piece yesterday at Talk To YoUniverse, Juliette Wade discusses how writers can navigate the differing perspectives of characters inside and outside a culture group.
You’ve come a long way, baby! I mean … um … ladies.
Some writers might dismiss the concept of story structure as contrived of stiflingly un-artistic conventions, a set of gimmicks reserved for mere “genre” fiction, i.e. stories with (allegedly) little importance.
I have a Top Book of 2010. Yes, a book. Singular.
procraftinate /pro-kræf-ti-neit/ v. – to put off writing and sending query letters to literary agents so one can continue researching, writing, and rewriting fiction.
So, I walked to work today.