One of the submissions I have out is to Dream Agent #1. Dream Agent #2 asked for the full today (also a resubmit). This brings the total manuscripts out up to 7 ( Read more... )

Oi, I'm tired.  I just spent the week leading crafts at my teen daughter's girl's camp for church.  75 girls.  75 sometimes rude, often inattentive, frequently frustrating girls.  This is my fifth year.  I started doing it because it was better than the round the clock counselor positions and,  I'm crafty.  I thought it would be fun to make crafts ( Read more... )

Okay, here's a topic...does the advice that everyone "stick with it" really apply to everyone who wants to be a writer?....discuss amongst yourselves.

Here's the deal.  Are there some people that just really don't have what it takes to be a writer?  Or should everyone keep querying indefinitely?  Is it realistic that we keep encouraging each other ( Read more... )