Get a Tougher Skin!

Writing poetry or any other kind of writing is a very personal experience. Writers dig through their hearts and beliefs to put words on paper or cyber-space. Some do this casually, some are serious writers who want to gain the strength in their writing that might lead to writing for money. Personally, I have written for a plethora of reasons, the present goal being paid publication. After years of honing, learning, being rejected, being accepted and then being paid, I have formed some solid opinions on writing.

What I tell hopeful writers are, of course, my own thoughts, not sanctified by any artist or editor or publisher. This is your blood you are sweating, your ideas and beliefs that you are tenderly sharing with another being. Stephen King tells us in his book, On Writing that he doesn