The resounding thud of reality, by Deb Katie

The writing myth I'm going to debunk is a biggie. It's big enough, in fact, to stop the faint-hearted in their tracks. (Although I've found that we don't have a lot of faint-hearted readers here at the Ball, so you're probably safe.)

I remember vividly the day I read this in a magazine–probably "Writer's Digest." I was already subscribing to "Writer's Digest," which in some way meant that I was considering a future as an author. There were probably several early drafts of "Bad Girls Don't Die" st