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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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Becoming a successful writer isn't just about mastering great writing skills. It's also about overcoming the challenges and obstacles of the writing life: Rejection, fear of failure, lack of time, writer's block, the "Am I Really a Writer?" syndrome, and, of course, friends and family who just don't get it.
Fortunately, you're not alone. We've all been there. So here's a handy "survival guide" that will bring you inspiration, motivation, support and good old-fashioned advice to help you through the tough times. Don't let those writing gremlins keep you from achieving your dreams!
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