Ask the Author: Eric Poole
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Eric Poole
Feeling like you've had some small impact on people's lives or views.
And getting to lie down a lot.
And getting to lie down a lot.
Eric Poole
It wasn't an idea so much as an embarrassing reality. I always wanted to be someone better, more glamorous, more famous than me. So I began to impersonate celebirities I admired.
Eric Poole
This will sound all touchy-feely spiritual, but I believe that we all get a little inspiration from above. (I've always said that intuition is just God whispering in your ear.) So, every morning, I just invite my writing guides to join in the fun.
Eric Poole
Just finished a hybrid how-to book ("How to have the perfect home") and memoir from my mother's point of view, entitled "Rake That Shag!" - by Elaine Poole as told to Eric Poole.
Eric Poole
Get in a writer's group! There's nothing better than the feedback of people you like and trust.
Then learn how to parse feedback. "I didn't fall asleep halfway through the chapter this time" is likely not a ringing endorsement.
Also - if you feel like you really have talent (i.e. this has been affirmed by someone other than your mother or people who owe you money), don't let one negative opinion drag you down. At one point, I let one agent's total indifference derail me for years. BIG mistake.
Then learn how to parse feedback. "I didn't fall asleep halfway through the chapter this time" is likely not a ringing endorsement.
Also - if you feel like you really have talent (i.e. this has been affirmed by someone other than your mother or people who owe you money), don't let one negative opinion drag you down. At one point, I let one agent's total indifference derail me for years. BIG mistake.
Eric Poole
I bang my head repeatedly against my desk until I have a nice, healthy bruise.
Then I go to the gym. I have my best ideas while under a bench press.
Then I go to the gym. I have my best ideas while under a bench press.
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