Month: September 2019

Broken Things: An Approach to First Drafts

ByRene Gutteridge September 30, 2019October 1, 2019

I have a bizarre relationship with new things. Maybe you can identify with it. I can’t seem to own them very long before they’re damaged. Many years ago my husband and I went out and bought our first really nice, new piece of furniture, a dining room table. We’d had it exactly three days before…

Business of Writing | Inspiration

The Art of Accepting Rejection

ByRene Gutteridge September 23, 2019September 17, 2019

For those of you who love a good horror story, fasten your seatbelts. You’re about to hear a doozy. I must warn you, there are no guts or high-pitched screams, no axes or dark forests, but there is death. Death of ego and pride, dreams and aspirations…no less bloody but maybe less chill bump inducing….