by Pat Marcello | Nov 8, 2010 | Writing
I get pretty irked when people who have never had anything published try to tell me how to write. They’re so certain that they know better because they may have been successful in another field, and well… that means the know everything, right? Your...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 8, 2010 | Writing
What happens when you tell people you’re a writer? Do they ask if you’ve had anything “published”? Like, “Well… so what. You write stuff, but well… come on. I don’t see your shit in the bookstore.” Do you get those...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 6, 2010 | Writing
What do you do when someone tells you that you can’t do something? “Oh, you’ll never sell anything you write. That would be a miracle. It just doesn’t happen to people like us.” Me? I go do it just to prove them wrong. Image via...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 5, 2010 | Writing
Image via Wikipedia Overwhelm often stops people from writing. I know it did me. I couldn’t even conceive of writing 300 pages, give or take, to get my first novel out. Just the very thought of it made me tremble, and I had incredible approach/avoidance over...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 4, 2010 | Writing
I remember when I first started with the Institute of Children’s Literature back in 1997, what they told me to write in my profile was about my “writing life.” I’m guessing that’s what new writers are most interested in, right?...
