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Embracing the bad review a.k.a who is your ideal reader?

by NatashaDeen | Jan 15, 2019 | Failure Wins, Life

Yesterday, Gilette released this ad to both positive and negative reviews. In the positives, people feel it’s embracing a new definition of masculinity and the ad is pro-human. In the negatives, folks feel it’s anti-man and assumes the worst in men. I find...

A good reminder

by NatashaDeen | Sep 2, 2018 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing

I heard a Margaret Atwood quote, “Remember trees don’t grow from air, they grow from dirt,” which reminded me that the best way to grow things is to add fertilizer, and all of it was an encouraging shot in the arm as I slog through this...

Wait, I thought this was supposed to be easy

by NatashaDeen | Aug 31, 2018 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing

I figured out my story’s plotline and I have a chapter-by-chapter outline…so why does the writing feel like someone is taking out my wisdom teeth with a dull spoon? Oh. Right. Because I’m trying to write **perfect** out of the gate, because I’m...

Not counting my chickens (but I may be patting them on the head)

by NatashaDeen | Aug 16, 2018 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing

Okay, I think I’ve got the story idea that will become a manuscript, and that’s all I’m going to say until I type “the end.” 😛

The bright side of edits

by NatashaDeen | Aug 14, 2018 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing

Not only do they help make your book better and your story more polished, they also distract you from the work in progress that’s **not** working. Natasha

Let me try, again

by NatashaDeen | Aug 7, 2018 | Failure Wins, Life, Writing

Super frustrated over the lack of novel writing. It’s been 19 days, NOT THAT I’M COUNTING, or anything. Not that I’m thinking that’s **almost** a month of lost words, lost work time… It’s not that I don’t have any ideas....

Embracing the bad review a.k.a who is your ideal reader?

A good reminder

Wait, I thought this was supposed to be easy

Not counting my chickens (but I may be patting them on the head)

The bright side of edits

Let me try, again

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