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Alexa Tuttle's avatar

This was great! I relate to Holly as an achievement oriented go-getter and I love her methods for editing to keep her moving and not stuck at a desk. I, too, have a day job which allows me to write for fun and removes the pressure to make money from my writing. 💖 Thank you!

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Catherine Baab's avatar

I feel you both on that, too, re: achievement orientation. Maybe I shouldn’t have I cut out the portion of my response to Holly after that answer that basically came down to “YES.” 😀

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Prof. Kimberly Nicholas's avatar

Loved this interview! Holly I didn’t realize writing is your second full time job, even more in awe of how you can keep multiple books on the go at once! So helpful to hear you are a fellow pantser 💪and that “It usually takes me a good chunk of a manuscript (maybe 30k-50k words) to be able to know enough about where the story is going to coherently pitch it to my agent and/or editor.” That’s helpful validation to finding your own story. Congrats on getting to yes after 132 nos and keep up the awesome work!! 👏🏽

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Catherine Baab's avatar

Seconding being in awe!

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Chronic Illness Life Hacks's avatar

Very inspiring, thanks for the mmmph!

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Catherine Baab's avatar

Thanks for reading! Glad it was helpful

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