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Writing During the Dark Times

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

WARNING: this is a no-edit zone… Writing is never easy. Oh, sometimes we get into the flow or the zone and the work flows, but usually that comes after intense planning and effort and only post intense focus. A friend asked me about a week ago how long it had...

Career Path: Knowers, Fallers and Dabblers

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

Some people, it seems, come out of the womb knowing what they want to be and how they’re going to become it. Others have no clue what they want but fall into something that for one reason or another enchants them, and they make a life’s work of it. Still others dabble...

The Key to the Locked, Closed Door

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

WARNING: YOU HAVE ENTERED A NO-EDIT ZONE. THIS IS VICKI IN CHAT-MODE… NOTE: I originally wrote this as part of another article, but a reader response was so inspiring that I wanted to republish it along with her story, which she graciously gave permission for...

Writers and Medical Issues: Part 2

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

WARNING: THIS IS A NO-EDIT ZONE… I wrote the initial WRITERS AND MEDICAL ISSUES post and received the following email from author and friend, Sue (SUSAN) KRINARD (www.susankrinard.com). Because it contains valuable information that could be helpful, I wrote...

Writers and Medical Issues: Part 1

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

WARNING: THIS IS A NO-EDIT ZONE… One doesn’t typically think of writers being subject to health challenges due to their work. But writers are prone to several medical challenges that are writing-related, or work-related. A few of the more dominate challenges...

Author, Agent, Publisher: Beware

by Vicki Hinze | Dec 26, 2010 | My Kitchen Table

There’s currently an enormous buzz about copyright infringement and book piracy–and it appears that a significant number of authors are victims, which makes agents and publishers victims, too. Reports are coming in about websites allowing uploads of entire...