“I can’t really imagine *not* getting attached a writer’s work. The whole reason you agree to represent a book or books by a writer is that you are in love with the work—there is nothing objective about personal taste.”
Editors & Agents Interviews
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
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“How do I know when I’ve found my story? When I wake up in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning and have to grab the notepad on my nightstand.”
The Recovering Creative
Missing was the connection to something greater than himself (my father) that told me—on the inside—that I exist, there is a place for me, too.
Editors & Agents Interviews, The 5-Question [Writer] Interview
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The editor goes into generous detail about shimmering talent, selling a book versus selling an author and falling in love.
Editors & Agents Interviews
The former literary agent speaks openly about authenticity in platform building, when and why he takes on a client and what’s at stake from his side of the desk.
The Recovering Creative
Sometimes, it’s pretty clear an essay is the perfect way to convey a thought or feeling. But how do I know? Maybe I should be writing a short story.
Truth: I’m not religious about prayer. Bigger Truth: I want to be. Or maybe I am? Let me be clear: G. O. D. What that is for me on any given day can change – this much I know. What I call it changes, too.
The Recovering Creative
Use these. Or choose your own.
The Recovering Creative
“The key for me was to change my expectations. I forced myself to write with a less idealized image of what writing is supposed to look like. I didn’t need four hours at a time…. twenty minutes was acceptable. I didn’t need to write every day… 3x a week was fine.”
The Recovering Creative
Two professional creatives who work in advertising weigh in.
The 5-Question [Writer] Interview, The Recovering Creative
“I’m on record as not believing in writer’s block. But as I learned after having my second child a year ago, sometimes you just can’t rush the fiction process, no matter how many hours you spend in front of your computer.”
The Recovering Creative
I’ve come across writers who feel that their story, their truth and how they want to say it, has a right to its voice. On the page. In public. I totally get that. But once done they are often shocked, startled, angered, enraged, and, ultimately hurt that their words were somehow used against them.