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What Now? – the Pro Rookie By Liz Crowe

It’s pity party time—or is it? We’ve discussed, commiserated, and otherwise propped each other up throughout the 4-year (wow, seriously? I have THAT much to say? It would appear to be the case…) course of this only slightly humble monthly blog post. First, let me thank the Savvy Authors powers that be for allowing …

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Write What You Want. Within Reason – the Pro Rookie By Liz Crowe

Following the market is a business decision. Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. Good bye. Oh. Wait. You’re still here? So, here’s the deal. As creative types, we like to think every plot bunny that scampers across our consciousness is worth chasing down and tackling. You know I’m right about this. We keep …

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The Stages of Rejection – the Pro Rookie By Liz Crowe

By my accounting, I’ve been at “this” – and by “this” I mean this whole authoring thing—for ten years. Yep. A solid decade. Five plus five 365-day periods. Also, 3,640 days. If I wanted to feel tragic, I’d say it’s been 87,360 hours give or take since I heeded my spouse’s recommendation that I shut …

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Opinions. Everybody’s Got One – the Pro Rookie By Liz Crowe

By way of not taking my own advice, I’ve been following a few folks on Twitter who, let’s just say, are super into offering advice for authors. Their advice is many times useful. Other times it seems to be they are channeling their pet peeves vis a’ vis “books” and “characters” and turning that into …