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Editor's Corner:
Moira Allen's Ramblings on the Writing Life

This section brings you the majority of Moira Allen's newsletter editorials from 2006 to 2015. (A few just weren't relevant any longer!) Editorials are listed chronologically within each topical category.

Defining Your "Writer" Self...
How Do You Define Success?
Prophets Without Honor: Explaining to Your Family that Writing Is a Real Job!
Are You Doing What You Love?
Our Reach and Our Grasp
Bestsellerdom vs. Longsellerdom
Whether to Be Rich, Enriched, or Enriching...
Is Writing an Art or a Craft?
What Do You Want on Your Tombstone?
Feeling Like a Fraud
What Did You Want to Be?

Dealing with Fears, Doubts and Motivation...
Stirring the Nest
Seeking the Muse
Facing the Second Draft: Creativity vs. Drudgery
Do You, Author, Take This Novel....?
So Many Dreams, So Little Time
Climbing the Mountain
The Secret of Success
To Quit or Not to Quit, Part I
To Quit or Not to Quit, Part II: Understanding The Writing Continuum
The Things We Are Good At
The Things We're Not Good At
The Things That Matter Most

Time Management, Goals and Resolutions
But First...
Remember Summer Vacation?
Bite-Size Resolutions
Eliminating Timewasters
The Best-Laid Plans
Deck the Halls... and Clear the Decks!
The Dither Factor
New Beginnings, Again
Mid-Year Course Adjustments
A New Year, a Blank Book
When I Have the Time...
Too Busy Writing to Write
Is Multitasking Good for Writers?
Writing Time: A Vital Luxury
Look Both Ways Before Crossing Off the Year
Should vs. Want
Drowning in Backlog

Becoming a Better Writer
Grammar Matters!
What Do You Know?
To Lit or Not to Lit?
Does Accuracy Matter in Fiction? - Part I
Does Accuracy Matter in Fiction? - Part II
The One Rule for Writers...
'Tis the Season to Get Crafty
It Looks So Easy...
The Power of Rejection
Rules vs. Tools

Holiday Thoughts/Writers Helping Writers...
Wish You Merry... Happy Holidays in Not-So-Happy Times
Giving Thanks - Or, Why Writers Are Still Needed
Is it Always Better to Give Than to Receive?
Never Too Early to Give Thanks
Thanksgiving with a Twist
The Freedom of the Fourth
The Writer's Gift

Old Ways, New Ways... Or, The More Things Change...
The Disappearing Writer - Why You Need a Website
The E-Book Revolution: Different Music, Same Song...
Brave New World... Or Not? Two Sides to the E-Book Revolution
A Revolution We Can't Ignore: More on the E-Book Revolution
Some Things Never Change...
The Secret of My Success?
Writers and Social Media: A Match Made in...?
The New Publishing Paradigm - Or Is It?
Of Gates and Gatekeepers

On Reading and Books
Why We Do What We Do
Feeling Like a Dinosaur
Ruminations of the Book Dinosaur
One of the 55 Percent... Adults Who Read YA
So Many Books, So Little Time
Reading: A Mother's Gift
A Classical Education, At Last
Creating New Readers
Books: Read and Delete, or Read and Share?

More Issues of the Writing Life...
Why We Mumble (Plus Tips on Using a Ghostwriter)
Copyright Infringement: A Question of Give and Take
Copyright Infringement: Once More, with Slightly Sharper Teeth

Saying Good-Bye
So Hard to Say Good-Bye...

Moving On...
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