Tag: kristine kathryn Rusch
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 5 – Dolla-dolla bill, y’all
Show me the money. That’s correct, this post is 100% about the finances of being a writer. Admittedly though, while I plan to write a long, meandering post (I’ll try to make it fun and interesting, relax) about money, it doesn’t actually have a large part of why I am not being successful as a…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 4 – Writer’s Languish
It’s been 4 years now since this huge writing streak I had back in 2018 came to an end. Sometime in late September of that year, I took a purposeful break, not quite understanding that I was dooming myself to the next 4 years in this doom-spiral of writer’s block. To be clear, I also…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 3 – Expectations
Oh, this one hit me! Unlike the prior entry in Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s continuing series on “How Writers Fail”, this one made me pause and think. To fill you in, Writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has been releasing a topical series on her Business Musings portion of her site called “How Writers Fail”. Each essay or…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 2 – Fear
Writer Kristine Kathryn Rusch has released a topical series on her Business Musings portion of her site called “How Writers Fail”. Each essay or post focuses on a reason that writers on all levels fail. Given my interest in becoming a professional writer, I decided to run my own series as a response to her…
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Why I am Failing as a Writer: Part 1
I bookmarked them as they came out. For a few years, I have followed Kristine Kathryn Rusch and her writing blog, paying particular attention to her “Business Musings” entries. For those who don’t know, Kristine is a long established writer who co-runs a small publishing house with her husband Dean. Once traditional, she now operates…
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