An Ex-Pat American Visiting Home After Four Years Abroad
I didn't set foot in the United States for four years. Cue the culture shock.
I didn't set foot in the United States for four years. Cue the culture shock.
Trust me, I'm a pro at rejection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtxsbOnwfiE
It doesn't have to be painful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpDYIGuuOEA Ah, the dreaded question: What genre is your story? When you think about it, genre is a bit…
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Here’s What I Learned: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjlBBMB_cDU Five complete fiction manuscripts. Eight years. Hundreds of rejections. Zero offers of representation. Saying I was frustrated with my journey…
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The tips I wish someone had given me. https://youtu.be/BCLzRfWNo4w "She was a great writer, but then she got married and had a baby. Don't make…
Plus, how to avoid making my mistakes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UuK_5XNWQ4 Ten years ago, I started writing fiction as an "adult." Sure, I'd been scribbling stories since I…
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Here's the 5 things I'm doing to nurture my creativity Photo by Dev Asangbamon Unsplash One year. Can you believe it? I'm at this strange point where…
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Hello YouTube. Clearly I'm a noob at video formatting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPcBu3L8jD8&t=1s It's been an interesting year. At the beginning of 2020, I was traipsing through Australia…
MA Dissertation: Schema Theory and Reader Appreciation Of Literature By Sarah Long 8 January 2019 Chapter 1: Introduction The marriage of literary analysis and cognitive…
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Forget Baby Brain: Pregnancy Can Boost Creative Productivity Photo by Fallon Michaelon Unsplash Okay, so let’s not talk about the first trimester. That was pretty much…
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