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Author Archives: Anne Carley

Are You Clear About Your Writer Persona? Going Public by Design

As writers, we don’t always know how much of ourselves to share with the public. But it behooves us to create and curate an author persona—the public face for our work.

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How to Avoid Sabotaging Your Creative Process

Learn about four tensions you may experience that have the potential to undermine your creative work and leave you feeling stuck.

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