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Mar 2022
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Dealing With Self-Doubt And Writer’s Blo...

Joanna Penn
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How can we overcome self-doubt to write the books we really want to? How can we move past writer’s block? How can we reshape our definition of success and return to the joy of writing? Dharma Kelleher talks about the author mindset and more. In the intro, Brandon Sanderson’s Kickstarter, Bookstore consolidation [The Guardian]; Amazon […]

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