The Balancing Act

“ IN MY VIEW,A WRITER IS A WRITER BECAUSE EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO HOPE,EVEN WHEN NOTHING YOU DO SHOWS ANY SIGNS OF PROMISE, YOU KEEP WRITING ANYWAY.” Junot Diaz   The writing life is not just about writing your story. It’s also about learning your craft , building your platform,social networking and  understanding the publishing industry WHILE writing. I know I’m not alone in my episodic fatigue about pursuing my writing dreams . I was encouraged when I read Annie Dilliard’s book ,The Writing Life, where she discusses her own personal struggles with her writing process (she is the nationally-acclaimed author of 10 books). I loved this passage from her book: ” I do not so much write a book as sit with it, as with a dying...