Marcia Meier's Blog

• Don't Give Up

  November 2, 2009

  • Trying to get published can be an extraordinarily frustrating experience. The key is to not get discouraged. Too often writers get a few rejection slips and give up. That is not the way to get published! You have to keep at it. Send out those lit mag submissions. Send out your latest poem. Send your book proposal to yet another agent or publisher. In my latest book, the most cogent advice offered ...
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• Why Newspapers Are Increasingly Irrelevant

  July 7, 2009

  • (Reposted from The Huffington Post)Michael Jackson died in the early afternoon on Thursday, June 25. I remember because my daughter texted the news to me from her summer college class about 2:45, when she was ostensibly listening to her professor. That’s not so remarkable. What is remarkable is that the next morning’s Los Angeles Times headline across the top of the front page screamed, ...
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• Writing - Bliss!

  October 31, 2008

  • It's overcast and chilly - perfect weather for writing. Here we are again, my writing buddies and I, on the Central California coast in our favorite spot - lovely Avila Beach). This time I splurged and got an ocean-front room. What a difference it makes to be able to look out on the ocean (rather mean-looking today, given the weather). Inspiration, for me at least, is often dependent on ...
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