Writer Sanity: Recognizing Takers & Setting Boundaries

Last week, I challenged writers to think about how they’re giving back to the writing community. The writing community, whether on our blogs, writing forums, social media, or elsewhere, is great and wonderful—it can be the difference between sanity and despair in a solitary job like writing—but it needs our help to thrive.

The writing community requires us togiveand take, not just take. If everyone only took from others, no one would be left to give, and the community would die.

Yet no matte...