Hello 2010

I did not accomplish all those wonderful things I claimed I would do in 2009. I did not reduce my work day from anytime/any day to nine to five, Monday through Friday. I did not get my house impeccably clean and keep it that way. I did not replace my late mother-in-law’s tank for a [...]

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I just finished giving my Before Copy Editing workshop for the 2nd year at the MUSE Online Writers Conference, a full week of workshops, chats with professionals, agents, and editors, and–new this year–the opportunity to pitch to publishers.
As with any conference, there was no way to absorb all the fantastic information being offered FOR FREE [...]

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I was speaking with an associate the other day who was feeling overwhelmed, as we all do from time to time, by the sheer number of things she had yet to finish that week–and the depth of work involved in each one of those things.
So I gave her permission to not be current. I also [...]

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