Elise Frances Miller
I always give these two suggestions. First, join a writer's group or two - one for learning, encouragement, company and opportunities to publish your work (my California Writers' Club does all that), and one critique group (my San Francisco Writers Workshop did that for me for 15 years).
Then, begin by mastering the art of the short story. Short fiction is not easy, but it takes less time (if say, you have kids or a day job, as I did!). Most importantly, if you can publish your short fiction, you have a leg up for publishing your novel when it is written. Best of luck, aspiring writers.
Then, begin by mastering the art of the short story. Short fiction is not easy, but it takes less time (if say, you have kids or a day job, as I did!). Most importantly, if you can publish your short fiction, you have a leg up for publishing your novel when it is written. Best of luck, aspiring writers.
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I keep meaning to write a novel about 1968 and a student from Berkeley I met at the Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona in July 1968. I still haven't got round to it. But I've ordered your Paris 1968 book and perhaps when I've read it this will encourage me to start?
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