by sharon zink | Jan 2, 2019 | articles, coaching, feminism, inspiration, productivity, resilience, resources, submission process, success
I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world – Neil Gaiman Happy New Year, my lovelies!...
by sharon zink | Nov 8, 2018 | articles, coaching, editing, emotion, feedback, feminism, inspiration, mindfulness, PATRIARCHY, productivity, publishing, resilience, resources, submission process, success, women, writing craft, writing tips
There are lots of elements which go together to make literary success – and, though most of us hate to admit it, much of life is out of our control and Lady Luck often has a fairly big role to play in terms of helping female authors find their audience. However,...
by sharon zink | Jul 11, 2017 | articles, criticism, emotion, feedback, feminism, inspiration, productivity, resilience, submission process, success, women, writing tips
Recently, I shared how I’m going to be relaunching specifically as a feminist writing coach soon due to the proven gender bias within the publishing world and because of the way in which women not only face challenges in terms of their creativity due to doing...
by sharon zink | Jun 13, 2017 | criticism, feedback, publishing, submission process, writing craft, writing tips
I’ve given a lot of feedback in my life – as an English Literature academic, I graded thousands of undergrad and postgrad papers and then I became an A’ level examiner and marked over a 1000 student exams. Add to that the hundreds of reports I have...
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 16, 2017 | editing, publishing, resources, submission process, writing tips
My last few blog posts have featured some ‘real talk’ about the submission process and making money from writing because I felt that a lot of new authors in particular aren’t aware of the true nature of the writing life. I want these weekly articles...
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