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Pushing vs Resting--Why We Need Both Will and Vision to Complete a Book

Pushing vs Resting--Why We Need Both Will and Vision to Complete a Book

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Mary Carroll Moore
Oct 29, 2009
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Pushing vs Resting--Why We Need Both Will and Vision to Complete a Book
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Today I am sitting still. I'm visioning, listening, waiting. It's the opposite pace of these last few months, when my novel Qualities of Light was released into the world. When a book gets born, there's nonstop activity.

Publicity, the book tour, interviews, good reviews if you're lucky. I've been deep in all of this. Today is different.

Outside my wind…

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