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  • What It Takes: Independence

    When you think of a writer, what is the first picture that comes to your mind?  Is it someone who is both writing and talking while doing so?  Or writing amidst a big group?  Probably not.  You

  • What It Takes: Persistence

    Writing takes on many sets of emotions.  Excitement when coming up with a new idea.  Intensity when putting words down on paper for the very first time.  Empathy when deepening characters.  Con

  • What It Takes: Teachability

    It all started out well enough.  I got my first novel under contract in November 2011.  The following year passed as if in a dream as it went to production.  Then came 2013.  Sales were slow. 

  • What It Takes: Talent

    If you’re a writer who is published or who has worked to break into the traditional publishing world, you’ve probably received a rejection letter from an agent or publisher.  If you’re lucky

  • What It Takes: Time

    If you took a survey people what their most precious commodity was, you’d probably get a variety of answers.  Money.  Health.  And time.  Those hours in the day don’t cost us a thing.  But