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Mid-Week Rude Awakening: Playing Hard to Get Makes You Hard to Find

by Gina Ardito | Jun 22, 2011 | Mid-Week Rude Awakening

There’s that old dating advice that a woman never admits she has no plans on a Saturday night. In the writing world, the direct opposite is true. When invited to participate in a writing-related function or a social gathering, why on earth would you...

Mid-Week Rude Awakening: Growth is Essential

by Gina Ardito | Jun 9, 2011 | Mid-Week Rude Awakening, Writing and authors

Some writers believe that the be-all/end-all is publication. Once they’re published, they no longer have to continue to learn technique, worry about grammar and punctuation, or challenge themselves to write outside their comfort zone. After all, they’ve...

Mid-Week Rude Awakening: Writing…Is It In You?

by Gina Ardito | May 18, 2011 | Mid-Week Rude Awakening, Writing and authors, Writing in my Bathrobe

Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. – Arnold H. Glasow I love this quote. So few writers dare to set themselves on fire. They bounce from story to story, emitting sparks here and there, but they avoid the...

Mid-Week Rude Awakening: Blowing Deadlines Can Be Lethal

by Gina Ardito | May 4, 2011 | Advice Whether You Want it or Not, Deadlines, Mid-Week Rude Awakening

I think the term deadline has “dead” in it for a reason. That four-letter word commands attention. And writers shouldn’t blow a deadline. Ever. Yeah, sure, life gets in the way sometimes. But really, stop and think about this. What’s...

Mid-Week Rude Awakening: Shy Guys Finish Last

by Gina Ardito | Apr 6, 2011 | Mid-Week Rude Awakening, Public Speaking

Tallulah Bankhead said, “Good girls write diaries; bad girls don’t have time.” To some extent, this applies to authors, as well. Writers are, by nature, the spectators in life. As children, while the rest of the kids were out playing ball, we were...

Mid-Week Rude Awakening: The Internet is Forever

by Gina Ardito | Mar 30, 2011 | Blogs, Manners, Mid-Week Rude Awakening, Reviews, Writing and authors

Originally, I intended to write a post regarding deadlines, but an event a few days ago prompted me to rethink my plans for this week. It seems a self-published author took offense to a reviewer’s 3-star rating of her book and posted–not one, but...
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