The Kindness of Readers
As a writer, I'm all over the place: I write poetry, nonfiction, fiction. I like historical, sci-fi, contemporary, fantasy, romance. You'll find animals and science and wordplay in my books. I've often thought of myself as a Renaissance Girl, or a polymath. I just have so many passions! Which makes it difficult to "brand" myself as an author. There's no pithy subtitle on my website claiming I offer "Books about X." Because my X is "everything & the kitchen sink!" But recently a reader gave me a gift. She said that all of my books are about KINDNESS. And I thought: Hmmm. Wow. Thank you! And THAT reminds me of my Tuesday 2-Minute Writing Tip 33 "What is Success? (For Writers)." Because it's short, and it's also about a lot of things, including kindness: kindness to ourselves as writers ways to offer kindness to the authors who create books we enjoy I couldn't be more grateful for the kindnesses that have been o...
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