Tag: Author dreams

When you can’t see it happen

Posted on December 8, 2024 by

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I didn’t want to create content anymore. It was starting to feel forced. What I wanted … was to be quiet.

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The moment I questioned everything

Posted on February 5, 2022 by

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For the first time in ages (maybe ever), I really, TRULY thought about what it would mean if traditional publishing never happens for me.

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Rejected

Posted on January 26, 2022 by

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I started a new notebook to log my R&R progress and shared updates each day over on Instagram Stories. Entire chapters were cut! Other chapters were fully rewritten! Tons of work, but I was happy to do it because a real, live agent (in NEW YORK CITY, no less) had suggested the changes.

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I’m Heather Laura Clarke. I’m a writer living in beautiful Nova Scotia, I have a 15-year-old son and a 13-year-old daughter, I married my high school sweetheart, and this is the story of my handmade life.

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