You might be thinking that writing is the hardest part of writing a book, and while certainly not easy, writing is actually the best part. What’s hard, and what I’m trying to change my attitude about, is the marketing of a book. I used to call myself the Marketing Whore when I publicized a book…
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Fooling Around or: what I did today.
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 6 Comments
I realized today (and this is not exactly a new thought but it comes around every so often and for some reason always surprises me): writers need periods of just fooling around. Of accomplishing nothing solid, no whole chapters, no rewrites, or outlines or whatever it is we hold our noses to the grindstone…
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Nina, Nelson and Tomatoes
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 2 Comments
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An Honest Post
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 4 Comments
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Wisdom & Inspiration Via Netflix
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 12 Comments
I’ve given up on the news – it makes me anxious, insane, and profoundly depressed. So I’ve turned to Netflix documentaries instead of CNN. And it’s paying off. Life lessons, inspiration, wisdom et al. The first documentary I watched this week was Beyoncé’s 2018 Coachella show, “Homecoming”. Let’s face it, Beyoncé’s a force of nature –…
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Mary Oliver as Rock Star
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 9 Comments
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The WTF Draft of Your Memoir
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 5 Comments
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Finding Time 101
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 15 Comments
Happy New Year dear writers/readers – Over the holidays various people at parties have said to me, “I really want to write but -” then they shrug. “It’s so hard to find the time,” they say. So, here’s Getting Started 101: You will never find the time. There will always be something much more…
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Getting Unstuck
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 6 Comments
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Rewriting: from rant to write
by Barbara Abercrombie • • 4 Comments
This morning I was talking to a friend/student who said he just had an epiphany about rewriting. For years in class he’d been writing rants, spilling on paper the things he felt deeply about – relationships, his work, politics – and he’d get good feedback in workshop, everyone was interested, but his pieces needed…