I may be almost 40, but that doesn't mean I don't sometimes miss snuggling in my jammies and having someone read me a story before bed.
Feel like making sand art as a kid directly translated to making my own spice mixes as an adult. ๐ (This is a taco mix.)
. . . of us to swallow . . . especially writers. But if we give up after one failureโor worse, never begin because of the fear of failureโweโre missing out on how much better the next iteration could be.
In a recent podcast episode, Gabriela Pereira, author and founder of DIY MFA, discussed why itโs important for writers to embrace iteration and even failure, featuring the words of the great philosophers of . . . Yoda and Samuel Beckett. ๐ค Accepting failure is a hard pill for most . . .
Happy Monday, all! My big goals for the week are to wrap up a couple of sample edits, provide feedback to an individual workshopping client, and then start looking at whether or not I want to offer some virtual co-writing spaces and writing groups again. What are you hoping to achieve this week?
I share most things from my personal life on my personal accounts, but I visited my hometown fair today for what may have been the last time. And here's a mini photo dump, including a Penelope cake and three little pigs who made the right housing choice.
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Right? I kept thinking I was misread something, but I think their genuine take is to shove others down so I can step up. Big authors should talk out about this because it helps the little authors who don't have the platform to do so. We should be lifting each other up. I don't understand this.
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