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?...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 3, 2010 | Writing
If you’re a stay-at-home mom or dad, you probably feel a lot like I did 21 years ago — I was the second rat. You know… The rat that has to wait to eat until the first rat pushes the lever so the food will come out? My husband was in the car business...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 2, 2010 | Writing
When I first started writing, I didn’t tell a soul. I figured that they would make fun of me, “Oh, yeah. Everyone wants to be a writer, but you’ll never be published.” And that’s the first thing that people ask me when I tell them...
by Pat Marcello | Nov 1, 2010 | Writing
I can’t tell you how many people have said to me, “I want to write a book.” But how many of those people actually take the time and act upon doing that? Not many, I assure you. They have this glamorous picture of what it’s like to be a writer....
