by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Oct 16, 2015 | On Craft
5 1/2 years. That’s roughly how long I’ve been working on this novel. 6 years. That’s how long I’ve been trying to figure out writing and me and life. 2,138 days of recovering from PTSD, spilling my heart onto the paper, growing as a writer, editor and person, and...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jun 13, 2012 | Beautiful Things, Courage
“If you’re going to do something, make it matter.” ~HP Discover Conference 2012 The husb brought home this little nugget of wisdom from the HP conference he attended recently and WOW! It’s pinged around in my soul for the last week like a...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Mar 19, 2012 | The Writing Life
His fingers curled into air quotes as he said the word “writer.” “That’s your job?” he asked. “Yep,” I replied. “So you get paid.” “No. It’s more like an investment.” “So you don’t work.”...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Jul 20, 2011 | Beautiful Things, When Life Hurts
It’s going to happen. A crit partner is going to offend you. An agent is going to reject your query. A publisher is going to pass on your story. A reviewer is going to HATE what you wrote. And the nay-sayers in your life are going to shake their heads and give...
by D.B. Smyth | @DB_Smyth | Feb 15, 2011 | The Writing Life
“For aspiring writers who have been looked upon with pitying condescension by their friends and relatives [writing courses and seminars are] a wonderful thing. In writing classes, if nowhere else, it is entirely permissible to spend large chunks of your time off...
