by sharon zink | Jun 6, 2017 | feminism, inspiration, productivity, resilience, success, women, writing tips
Last week, I wrote about some of the reasons why it’s harder for women to succeed as writers, including gender bias in the publishing industry, the extra burden of domestic chores many women carry, which means we have less time to write, plus our feminine...
by sharon zink | May 30, 2017 | feminism, inspiration, productivity, publishing, resilience, submission process, success, women, writing tips
I’ve always been a feminist – I was reading Simone de Beauvoir at 13 and I nipped out from my job at Foyle’s bookshop in London to see Gloria Steinem speak when I was 19 (and, yes, she was amazing!). I volunteered at the Feminist Library before I...
by sharon zink | May 23, 2017 | inspiration, productivity, resilience, success, writing craft, writing tips
In recent weeks, I’ve been offering some ‘real talk’ about writing and money, the boo boos people make when submitting and the nuts and bolts of the self-editing process. Today, I want to address an astonishing statistic I heard recently about how...
by sharon zink | May 18, 2017 | productivity, resilience, The Book Diner Interviews, writing craft, writing tips
This week, The Book Diner looks back to when we had a visit from Michael Nobbs, an artist and non-fiction writer from Wales whose book, Drawing Your Life: Learn to See, Record, and Appreciate Life’s Small Joys, was published by Penguin after years of successfully...
by sharon zink | Apr 25, 2017 | articles, emotion, inspiration, resilience, writing tips
Humans are hardwired for connection and it’s how we thrive – so how do we balance that very basic need for community with the lone wolf nature of our writing lives? For one thing, we can reach out to others, including our fellow authors who understand...
by sharon zink | Apr 11, 2017 | articles, emotion, inspiration, resilience
Are you feeling discouraged? The beastie called Discouragement can darken our door during long creative projects, when we’re going through a tough period of rejections, or even when we publish a book and don’t get the feedback we wanted from the world....
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