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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
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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
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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
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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...
Jan 5, 20244 min read
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Write through the tears. It helps.
I cry a lot. I guess you kind of saw that coming per the title. But it's true... like, embarrassingly so. On top of experiencing the same...
Jun 8, 20224 min read
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Ten years later... I got my agent.
Like so many of us, I started writing at a young age. It started with short stories when I was in primary school. Then, in middle school,...
Feb 2, 20227 min read
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