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Woes and Wins of a Writer
Dana Choe-Murray Draper | Blog



The well is empty, but I'm parched.
How to refill your creative well when your inspiration has run dry.
Apr 8, 20246 min read


Well, it's out of my hands.
Querying, submission, and publishing. How to not drown in despair while you wait.
Mar 4, 20245 min read


Channeling the Creative Chaos
First drafting is the bane of my existence. Here's how I make it through to the other side.
Feb 4, 20247 min read


2024... A late start, and that's okay.
I am slowly and leisurely starting 2024 with a five-day-late New Year blog post. It's fitting enough, being late to write this, as the topic I want to kick the year off with is patience. I discuss patience a little bit in my How I Got My Agent blog post, but having been an agented author for 2+ years now with still no books out on shelves... I figure it's a good time to revisit the concept. As I begin to write this post, I realize that I should preface, reader, with this dis
Jan 5, 20244 min read
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