Your writing voice, platform, and public persona…

Confused by all the blogs, magazines, and books claiming to tell you what you need to do to be a successful writer? I used to be, because often advice from different sources is contradictory. I’ve said it before in this blog: there are no sufficient conditions for writing success! To use a cliché, there are no silver bullets. There are some necessary conditions. You have to be able to write, for example. I’ll limit this discussion to writing fiction because that’s what I do. I’m guessing what...