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Marion's avatar

Oooo! I love that advice to read as much or more than you write! It really can be well-filling!

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Liisa Kovala's avatar

Agreed! So, that means we can get more books, right?

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Marion's avatar

That’s what I’m thinking!!! 📚📚📚

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Dinah Laprairie's avatar

Excellent edition, Liisa! Kim, as always, thanks for being so generous with your thoughts on writing and the world. Your intentionality and care -- is a model for the rest of us. I love watching your growth as a writer.

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Liisa Kovala's avatar

Kim always has inspirational ideas about writing and she's so supportive of others in the writing community.

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Anna Nieminen's avatar

I appreciate this format with responses by featured women writers sharing how they make time for writing, what their writing spaces and processes look like, and advise they have taken and left. I agree with both lots of reading and not limiting yourself to writing about what you know. So much of life is about the process of continuous learning, figuring things out, grappling with, reckoning with, etc. and that place of writing from can be a place readers can relate to. I like writing about what I’m learning about. Thanks, Kim, for sharing your thoughts and experience as well as the photo of your writing room and your dog.

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Liisa Kovala's avatar

Hi Anna, Kiitos! I love finding out about how writers work and what works for them. I think it's an ever evolving process.

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