Creative Work (is Real Work)
Sarah HenrikAdventures in the creative process and the wilds of publishing. Opinion, commiseration, tools, tips, and community.
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ADOPTING A PEN NAME
How Sara Read is becoming Sarah Henrik
I figure I ought to write something about adopting a pen name now that my friends are starting to think that a) someone hacked my social media accounts, or b) I got divorced.
How to be F---ing Patient
How I've learned the hard way that writing a book is no time to be in a hurry.
The universe, fate, god, whatever you want to call it has spent the last—oh, almost three years teaching me to be fucking patient.
The Crumbling Path
Creative work and depression
I have a few things to say about depression, both by itself and in terms of how it interacts with creative work. I’ve had a tough few months—not the worst ever, but hard—and I’m gradually emerging onto more sol...
Writing Older Characters
For the love of god, give us characters over 40!
With some regularity, I see posts on my bookish social media to the effect of, “Please, for the love of god, give us main characters who are over forty!” And these posts always generate a lo...
Am I a Writer Now?
Right when I least expected it.
Here’s the weird thing.
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Novelist, nurse, hedonist, mom. Compassionate misanthrope. GenX-level unfiltered. Join me for the gory details of the creative process.
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