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L is for Life.
The mysterious life of a writer is something everyone wonders about. Is it really like on TV? Author Anne R. Allen is here to answer that today.
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Ronel the Mythmaker 
Thanks for sharing Anne! That statistic regarding book reviews does sound rather depressing. Hardly surprising I see a lot of indie authors asking to leave reviews. As for the actual writing, I often wondered how Jessica Fletcher ever managed to get any writing done. Or did I miss that particular episode? 😉
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Thanks for stopping by, Debbie 🙂
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Debbie–I don’t think we ever saw Jessica Fletcher writing, except in the intro when she was typing very fast on that old typewriter. And I don’t think we saw Richard Castle writing at all. Not that it would have made very exciting television. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing! I dream of being able to work my writing job all day, so that part of it sounds “exotic” to me! 😉 (Off to my day job… )
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Thanks for stopping by, Cecelia 🙂
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Two books every year! Crikey. That’s one big load of pressure.
Thanks to you both Anne & Ronel.
A-Zing this year at:
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Normally found at:
DebsDespatches
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Thanks for stopping by, Debs 🙂
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Enjoyed reading. Lots of info. Thanks.
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Thanks for stopping by, Juneta 🙂
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While the “Finding Serendipity” author-type life is fun to imagine, writers know that’s not nearly what it’s like.
I love stories like “Nim’s Island” that give a truer picture of what an author’s life is like.
The one thing I find the hardest to describe is the life of an author.
Yes, I’m working the hardest when I’m staring out a window, and yes, it’s excruciatingly frustrating when a book isn’t working for your. But it really is an amazing journey of the mind, and I, too, think it’s the best job in the world.
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I like “Nim’s Island” too 🙂 Sometimes the staring contest with the cursor is the hardest part of the day… Thanks for stopping by.
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Ah, that sounds so familiar. When it’s put into a paragraph, it sounds glorious–who wouldn’t want that job? Really, I wouldn’t change for the world. RT
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Thanks for stopping by, Jacqui 🙂
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Thanks for hosting me, Ronel! I hope some of your readers will check out my author blog book. I talk about how an author blog can be much more fun than other kinds of blogs, because we don’t have to follow the “rules”!
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You’re welcome, Anne 🙂 I’m sure they’ll love your book.
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My folks at work find my writing most interesting. The truth is my life outside of writing is most exciting. I can write because things happen and I meet people who are so different from each other but all fascinating.
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Oscar Wilde said that all writing is a form of autobiography 😉
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Love it! Indeed! It seems we write for ourselves. 😁🤗
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Then at least one person is happy with it 🙂
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Ronel,
Wow, what dedication! I am committed to keeping my blog life running fairly smoothly and actively. I tend to stay quite involved with it through the week, except for the weekends which is my time to enjoy life with DH. I do need to get out of my chair more than I do during the week. I need to get back to my daily exercise habits again.
iPad Art Sketch ‘L’ is for Lamppost
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Exercise seems to be the first thing to go out the window when making time to write. To make sure I can do everything I should, I don’t work on weekends (I schedule my blog posts in advance) and I take four months of the year off from online stuff. It seems to be keeping me sane 😉
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I suppose TV shows about what writers really do would be pretty boring. To watch, anyway.
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LOL.
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