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When the Cool Writer Kids Won’t Let You in Their Club, Create Your Own
When the Cool Writer Kids Won’t Let You in Their Club, Create Your Own
I was a publishing outsider who craved a community.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Aug 2
I’ve Been Ghosting My Book
I’ve Been Ghosting My Book
Why it’s okay to not be a book-publishing machine.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 25
How I Build A Story, One Line At a Time
How I Build A Story, One Line At a Time
Notes on my writing process.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Aug 12
Five Simple Steps to Writing Page-Turning Plots
Five Simple Steps to Writing Page-Turning Plots
A how-to guide by someone who’s actually published books.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Aug 8
Great Writing Isn’t About Auctioning Your Pain to the Highest Bidder
Great Writing Isn’t About Auctioning Your Pain to the Highest Bidder
It’s about telling stories with perspective. Don’t perform for clicks.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 16
I’m Quitting My Big Writing Dream
I’m Quitting My Big Writing Dream
And why I’m not mad about it.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 2
How to Write a Book When You’ve Got a Full-Time Job
How to Write a Book When You’ve Got a Full-Time Job
All you need is structure and a process.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 23
How to Be a Surgeon With Your Writing
How to Be a Surgeon With Your Writing
“You have to throw out the good stuff to get the best stuff.”
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 9
How to Use Brand-Building Tools to Find Your Writer Voice
How to Use Brand-Building Tools to Find Your Writer Voice
A basic guide for the new writer looking to develop their voice.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 15
You Don’t Need to Write Every Day to Be a Great Writer
You Don’t Need to Write Every Day to Be a Great Writer
Because you’re writing even when you’re not writing.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 27
Want to Be a Great Writer? Don’t Brag About Being a Non Reader
Want to Be a Great Writer? Don’t Brag About Being a Non Reader
Being a book lover is about supporting a community.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jul 11
How To Write — Even When You’re Not Writing
How To Write — Even When You’re Not Writing
A deep-dive into my process with examples
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 2
I Published a Book Five People Read
I Published a Book Five People Read
Why I’m not mad about it.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 12
We Need to Stop Equating Being a Great Writer to Being a Famous One
We Need to Stop Equating Being a Great Writer to Being a Famous One
They’re not one and the same.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 7
Great Writing Isn’t About Clicks, It’s About Impact
Great Writing Isn’t About Clicks, It’s About Impact
Don’t fall for the scam that is the cult of more.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 20
Writers Should Never Be Packaged, Peddled, and Productized
Writers Should Never Be Packaged, Peddled, and Productized
The success of our art should be what we create, not how we preen and perform on social media.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 29
Don’t Cut Yourself Open For Clicks
Don’t Cut Yourself Open For Clicks
You can be vulnerable and honest without publishing every aspect of your private life.
Felicia C. Sullivan
May 4
Your “Writing” Advice Makes Me Want to Gouge My Eyes Out
Your “Writing” Advice Makes Me Want to Gouge My Eyes Out
I thought I escaped this nonsense after my MFA program, but no.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 23, 2020
Great Writing Isn’t About Following a Formula, It’s About Feelings
Great Writing Isn’t About Following a Formula, It’s About Feelings
Create work that remains with the reader instead of focusing on virality.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 27
You Have to Return for The Snakes
You Have to Return for The Snakes
The one piece of writing advice that will change everything
Felicia C. Sullivan
Jun 14, 2019
I Don’t Write “Content”; I Tell Stories
I Don’t Write “Content”; I Tell Stories
Learning how to be a good reader is what makes you a writer…Don’t romanticise your ‘vocation.’ You can either write good sentences or you…
Felicia C. Sullivan
Feb 25, 2016
I’m Finally Getting a Room of My Own
I have three months to finish a book. Tick tock, tick tock.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Sep 25, 2022
You broke it, now wear it broken
You broke it, now wear it broken
Redefining success as the act of achievement not the result of the achievement.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 7, 2017
It’s Hard Not To Be Bitter About My Writing
It’s Hard Not To Be Bitter About My Writing
And if you tell me to “you have it better than me,” I will punch you in the face.
Felicia C. Sullivan
Apr 11, 2022
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