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I get distracted by the Internet when I try to write I get distracted by the Internet when I try to write
Every time I start to do my assignment, I find myself surfing the Web instead!
By Cary Tennis Sep 30, 2008
The slush pile gave me writer's block! The slush pile gave me writer's block!
Everything was fine until I started reading unsolicited manuscripts.
By Cary Tennis Aug 20, 2008
15 years ago I said something offensive and now I want to apologize 15 years ago I said something offensive and now I want to apologize
Something slipped out of my mouth in junior high and it has bothered me all this time. Is it too late?
By Cary Tennis Jul 25, 2008
Bush-league bloggers Bush-league bloggers
Pro athletes are typing away like never before. Most of it's bad, but minor league baseball is a veritable writer's colony.
King Kaufman Jul 18, 2008
I'm afraid I'm doing the wrong art I'm afraid I'm doing the wrong art
Should I paint, or sculpt, or write? I can't decide.
By Cary Tennis Jul 17, 2008
Bissinger contrite, but still bashing blogs Bissinger contrite, but still bashing blogs
The world's foremost defender of quality writing makes a fool of himself again.
King Kaufman Jun 20, 2008
The mother-daughter wars The mother-daughter wars
Rebecca Walker's denunciation of feminism and her mother Alice Walker has a lot to teach us about the choices women make and the daughters who judge them.
By Phyllis Chesler Jun 10, 2008
I need more ideas! Where do they come from? I need more ideas! Where do they come from?
I've been doing well selling my writing but I seem to be running out of inspiration.
By Cary Tennis Jun 2, 2008
I got the writing fellowship -- so now I'm terrified! I got the writing fellowship -- so now I'm terrified!
I'm lucky, I know I'm lucky, but I don't feel lucky. I just feel burdened.
By Cary Tennis May 30, 2008
I'm a mom who needs more solitude I'm a mom who needs more solitude
Is there something wrong with me? Why can't I just be lovable and outgoing?
By Cary Tennis May 27, 2008
Writing is in my blood, but how do I know if I'm any good? Writing is in my blood, but how do I know if I'm any good?
What if I have no talent? How can I find out? Who can tell me?
By Cary Tennis Apr 28, 2008
How can I get a writing job? How can I get a writing job?
I'm a good writer. Everybody says so. So how come other people get hired?
By Cary Tennis Apr 10, 2008
Now that I've got my master's in writing ... I'm not writing! Now that I've got my master's in writing ... I'm not writing!
I do well with things I know I'm great at, but I'm not sure I'm great at writing.
By Cary Tennis Mar 12, 2008
Go away, can't you see I'm writing?! Go away, can't you see I'm writing?!
I'm finally starting to create again, but people won't leave me alone!
By Cary Tennis Jan 4, 2008
My dad is a writer -- a very, very bad writer! My dad is a writer -- a very, very bad writer!
He spends every day pounding out novels that make everyone else groan, and he insists that we critique them.
By Cary Tennis Dec 7, 2007
I'm working for a cokehead at a free arts magazine I'm working for a cokehead at a free arts magazine
She promised a raise and didn't deliver, and acts like I should be grateful!
By Cary Tennis Sep 27, 2007
Dear Sir, I write today to say that I cannot write Dear Sir, I write today to say that I cannot write
The perceived inability to write leads to an obvious contradiction -- and an existential crisis.
By Cary Tennis Aug 15, 2007
Let us now praise editors Let us now praise editors
They may be invisible and their art unsung. But in the age of blogging, editors are needed more than ever.
By Gary Kamiya Jul 24, 2007
Author at work Author at work
When it first strikes you that your book isn't going to be the next "Huck Finn," don't wallow in despair. Take a long walk.
By Garrison Keillor May 23, 2007
Is it too late to start a band at 45? Is it too late to start a band at 45?
I don't want to be a laughingstock, but I am a creative type!
By Cary Tennis Apr 25, 2007
I'm not afraid of writing, but I am afraid of publishing I'm not afraid of writing, but I am afraid of publishing
Some nameless fear stands between me and my desire to be heard.
By Cary Tennis Feb 28, 2007
I don't feel like writing. Does that mean I'm not a writer? I don't feel like writing. Does that mean I'm not a writer?
Every time I start to work on my second novel, an enormous laziness descends upon me.
By Cary Tennis Feb 26, 2007
Military history is for male writers only Military history is for male writers only
At least according to an editor at the New York Times Book Review.
Carol Lloyd Feb 22, 2007
Hey! It's National Traumatic Artistic Betrayal Week! Yay! Hey! It's National Traumatic Artistic Betrayal Week! Yay!
My big-name literary agent called me and said, "Are you sitting down?"
By Cary Tennis Feb 5, 2007
Graduate schools can drive you crazy Graduate schools can drive you crazy
Why do arts graduate schools, in particular, bring out our vulnerabilities?
By Cary Tennis Feb 2, 2007
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