I have many dreams, including to be able to write and freelance edit and support myself from the money I make. I'd live out in the country, surrounded by trees, at the end of a lane. My house wouldn't be anything excessive; it would be a log cabin with a open floor plan, sun room … Continue reading Author in the Woods
Category: Writer’s Woes
A Note on Persistence and Optimism
This past February, I lost a self-published adult fiction contest. There were only sixty-six entries, and Devil's Blood didn't even make it into the top twenty. Want to know how I felt? Awful. Dreadful. Worthless. A failure. Hopeless. Like a old sack of potatoes not good enough for anything but the garbage dump. It took … Continue reading A Note on Persistence and Optimism
Coffee Shop/Bookstore Dream
If I could, I would open an indie bookstore. I want it to be arranged with quiet bookshelves and reading room, red and gold palate, with a coffee counter and lounge area. I'd want a place to host book clubs, creative writing events, workshops, and author signings. I'd want local artists' art displayed on the … Continue reading Coffee Shop/Bookstore Dream
Beatrice B. Morgan 