Asking anyone about their writing success is like asking if they won anything on their trip to Las Vegas. Everyone’s a winner when they get back home. “Best trip ever. Paid for itself.” Along with other various and assorted bulls!t. Writing success is easier to track, easier to explain, yet still a gamble.
WRITING SUCCESS THAT DOESN’T SUCK EVERY DAY
January 23, 2023 by David Gillaspie
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DIE WRITING, OR DIE TRYING?
January 9, 2022 by David Gillaspie

Who wants to die writing? A yes answer means one thing: Death is a metaphor. Unless it’s s sudden death and they keel over on their keyboard, no writer dies writing. But something does die in a writer who does everything they can to succeed before giving up. Who’s ever done that? One comes to […]
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