Thursday, August 14, 2008
Do You Treat Writing Like a LOVER on the Side?
Posted by Jane



Speaking as an editor/publisher, some books will always hold a special place in my heart, long after they've been published and ceased being bestsellers. Well here's a book that still deserves to be a bestseller, year after year (even more so than Anne Lamott's tome!): Page After Page by Heather Sellers. (We also published a follow-up, Chapter After Chapter, which some people say is even better!)

Fortunately, readers are still discovering this gem every day; here's one example:
The more I read of it, the more I love it and want to give Heather Sellers a really big hug. Over lunch I read her take on people who are always saying "I'm so busy! I'm so stressed! I have so much to do!" I work with people like this. They drive me crazy. I worked out a while back and everyone is busy. It's ridiculous to tell people that you're busy. We know you are, because we are too. A Heather says - we all get 24 hours in a day, how are you going to use yours? She also wrote a whole bunch about treating writing like a lover instead of a mistress (or whatever the word is for women who have another dude on the side) and giving it attention and love and dreaming about it. Anyway, I love this book. I am reading it in small doses, digesting and completing exercises.
Click here to visit the writer's blog.

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