Caroline Starr Rose

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Two Articles to Sustain Your Writing Life

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For years I’ve been linking to posts I hope encourage and inspire you. But I came across two posts in one week that zinged me like nothing else. They were everything I needed to hear at this phase of my writing life. I hope they are also an encouragement to you.

The Deepest Gift :: Marion Dane Bauer

Early in my career I came to understand something important: the number of books published, the number of awards garnered matters very little. What matters is the day-by-day process of sitting down to write, of honing my skill, of mining my truth.

Dear Polly, Should I Just Give Up on My Writing? :: NYMag.com (a heads up: this post contains “language”)

And when your hungry ego grabs the wheel and drives you off a cliff, forgive yourself. But then pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and repeat these words: I AM AN OLD NOBODY AND I LOVE WHAT I DO.

 

 

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  1. susan J berger says

    October 12, 2015 at 11:16 pm

    Great stuff. Thank you!

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  2. Kristi Hines says

    October 16, 2015 at 12:49 pm

    Great articles for writing inspiration. Thanks Caroline! 🙂

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  3. Caroline says

    October 16, 2015 at 3:47 pm

    Aren’t they wonderful? So many things here I need to hear again and again.

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