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So You Want to be a Writer

Advice for Writers, NewsBy Miriam Herin October 7, 2014

“If you are going to be a writer there is nothing I can say to stop you; if you’re not going to be a writer nothing I can say will help you. What you really need at the beginning is somebody to let you know that the effort is real.” James Baldwin I…

Necessary Arrogance

Advice for Writers, NewsBy Miriam Herin August 19, 2014

Writing is a tough business. Gratification (publishing) can be long in coming. If and when it does, royalties are usually insufficient to live on, sometimes even nonexistent, especially when averaged over the months or years and costs it’s taken to finish a manuscript and get it accepted for publication. Once published, we have to…