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Meta Monday 15: Finish What you Write

photo by Jakob Montrasio How does one get published? How do you do it? You do it. You write. You finish what you write. You look for publishers who publish “that kind of thing”, whatever it is. You send them what you’ve done (a letter asking if they’d like to see a whole manuscript or

Meta Monday 14: What I Believe About Writing

photo by Zero One Elizabeth George: “What I Believe about Writing.” First, to be an assured success in writing, a person needs to possess three qualities: talent, passion, and discipline. Second, to be a probable success in writing, a person needs to possess either talent and discipline, or passion and discipline. Third, to possess talent

Henry Miller’s Commandments

photo by ken Henry Miller’s 11 writing commandments, as taken from Henry Miller Miscellanea. COMMANDMENTS Work on one thing at a time until finished. Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.” (The project he was working on at the time) Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever