It’s your first sale or maybe your tenth sale … it doesn’t matter. What matters is that you have a part-time job outside of writing, a husband, one child who plays baseball, one in ballet and friends who’d like to see you once in awhile. They all need attention and it’s up to you to [...]

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No matter the routine, no matter the schedule, I need deadlines to get things done. Similar to what Kitty said in an earlier blog, it must be all the years of trying to meet school deadlines. When I’m under a deadline (real, or self-imposed) I suddenly find more time to write and I’m more focused [...]

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