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Why Writing is Like a Relationship No, this is not the same as getting kicked-out or breaking-up. In every relationship, you need to take a breather. You need to step back and do something else, alone, for a little bit. Perhaps this is to quell the psychotic rage building in your brain because your manuscript…

Why Writing is Like a Relationship So you and your writing have settled down and it’s a Happily Ever After moment. Then your writing spawns offspring. What you thought was a one-off turned into an entire litter. “Where did this series come from?” you ask your writing. “And all these other stories? I don’t remember…

Why Writing is Like a Relationship When an opportunity knocks on the door of a relationship, it isn’t always a good thing.With writing, it’s especially hard to see these traps. You work so hard to get any kind of positive and meaningful validation with your work and suddenly, there it is. It’s easy to get…

Why Writing is Like a Relationship Nightmares trend towards 2 rough category subjects – something we fear happening to ourselves or something we fear happening to a loved one. I don’t think there is a parent out that hasn’t had at least one nightmare involving their little darling. Horrific, nasty ones  they are, too. They…

Why Writing is Like a Relationship Oh, please. Don’t act shocked. I’m a woman using relationships as a metaphor. Of course “marriage” is going to work its way into the conversation somehow. But for the purposes of this post, marriage is not the ceremony nor the commitment. Marriage is what happens after the honeymoon and…

Why Writing is Like a Relationship Right now, I’m watching a real relationship die in front of me. There isn’t much that can be done about it. I can’t force them to stay together. I can’t make them get a divorce. I can’t push them into counseling, get them to talk to each other without…