Tag: author
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When Is It My Turn: Author Envy
I know some wonderful writers who are unpublished. There are books I’ve read which I’m not sure should have been published. But all of this adds up to about the same thing: author envy. It’s far too easy to start comparing yourself and your writing to others. How do you stand up against your heroes?…
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Birds of a Feather?: Comparisons with fellow writers
Have you ever been compared to another writer? Have you then read the other writer’s work and seen some of the similarities to your own? I’m not talking about plagiarism, copying, anything of the sort – simply the similarities that can appear between two writers (or more) and their body of work. This recently happened…
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Whose Shadow Do You Cast?
“I’m not famous. My image is famous. It’s a shadow I don’t even cast.” – Harold Brodkey As you read these words – or if I read yours – somewhere has formed a shadow person of the author, an image or idea that we associate with the writing. The quote above considers the idea that…