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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 176:
Don't wait by the phone for a reply to your submission. Start work on something new instead. At best, you'll have a half-finished second novel by the time your first is accepted. At worst, you'll still have made progress and kept momentum going.
Don't wait by the phone for a reply to your submission. Start work on something new instead. At best, you'll have a half-finished second novel by the time your first is accepted. At worst, you'll still have made progress and kept momentum going.
February 1, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 176:
Don't wait by the phone for a reply to your submission. Start work on something new instead. At best, you'll have a half-finished second novel by the time your first is accepted. At worst, you'll still have made progress and kept momentum going.
Don't wait by the phone for a reply to your submission. Start work on something new instead. At best, you'll have a half-finished second novel by the time your first is accepted. At worst, you'll still have made progress and kept momentum going.
Don’t know who needs to know this, but here it is: You absolutely ARE a writer!
Not an aspiring writer.
Or a would-be writer.
But an actual writer.
Published or not.
Not an aspiring writer.
Or a would-be writer.
But an actual writer.
Published or not.
February 1, 2026 at 12:40 AM
Don’t know who needs to know this, but here it is: You absolutely ARE a writer!
Not an aspiring writer.
Or a would-be writer.
But an actual writer.
Published or not.
Not an aspiring writer.
Or a would-be writer.
But an actual writer.
Published or not.
Read at a pace that works for you.
Stop trying to keep up with people who hold silly beliefs about who is and who isn’t an actual reader.
Stop trying to keep up with people who hold silly beliefs about who is and who isn’t an actual reader.
February 1, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Read at a pace that works for you.
Stop trying to keep up with people who hold silly beliefs about who is and who isn’t an actual reader.
Stop trying to keep up with people who hold silly beliefs about who is and who isn’t an actual reader.
If the Classics bore you, don’t read them. Being a “legitimate” reader (or writer) isn’t premised on it.
February 1, 2026 at 12:32 AM
If the Classics bore you, don’t read them. Being a “legitimate” reader (or writer) isn’t premised on it.