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7 Ways to Keep Social Media from Ruining Your Mood

Colleen Story  Does using social media make us depressed? Scientists seem to think so, which is a little…well, depressing. Writers (and other creatives) are encouraged to use social media, after all, for marketing purposes. Many of us might have even stayed away completely if not for the gentle nudgings of our editors, agents, writer friends, […]

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What Does it Mean to be a Writer AND a Perfectionist?

Colleen Story Google “perfectionism” and “writers” and you’d think perfectionism was a deadly disease. Pages pop up offering tips for overcoming the “disorder,” warnings for avoiding the “dangerous” tendencies, and help for “dealing” with it. Even the beloved Anne Lamott (Bird by Bird) is quoted as saying: “Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the […]

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7 Mistakes I Made on the Way to a Publishing Contract

Colleen M. Story My first book is scheduled to come out the last week in September. It’s an interesting time for me. As I look back over the last nearly 20 years of writing (I’ve worked full-time as a writer since 1997), I realize I’ve had a lot of illusions about what this time would […]

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