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Linda Caroll's avatar

You nailed a lot of stuff there, Kelly. Desperation Alley -- man, I spent five years there. Took me 5 years to get 2000 subscribers. And now? I am at the intersection of red carpet, writer's dream and reality check. And I don't know if I will keep going up into writer's dream territory or fall into the reality check. Writer's dream, I hope. And thanks for sharing my piece. God, AI just kills me a little

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Kelly Eden's avatar

Me too, Linda. I want to feel optimistic about AI, but it's challenging. As for your newlsetter being at the intersection--fingers crossed for that exponential growth to keep skyrocketing up!!! Your work is so fantastic.

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Benjamin L. Burkwhat's avatar

Currently in Desperation Alley. But, I appreciate the encouragement to just keep experimenting. I’m certainly still learning about the writing process (as well as myself).

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Kelly Eden's avatar

There's so much to learn. Have fun with it, Benjamin! :)

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Larry C. Brown's avatar

I'm still tiptoeing through Desperation Alley. But I'm a newbie.

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Kelly Eden's avatar

Hang in there and enjoy the freedom!

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Cassandra Davis's avatar

I like the break-down of the phases. I’m still very solidly in phase 1!

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Kelly Eden's avatar

Thanks, Cassandra. Phase 1 can be great. Have fun with it!

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Becca Behnke's avatar

Newbie here with just twelve posts. I joined a year ago and now have 27 subscribers! So I’m hanging out in Desperation Alley for now and not sure whether I will ever be anywhere else. But it’s okay. My memoir is in its 5th revision and I am proud of that! The query trenches are waiting for me and I am sure I will write about that!

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Kelly Eden's avatar

You should be proud! Writing a memoir is a huge undertaking. That's exciting. Keep us updated on how it goes and when it's ready to buy!

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Angela Hollowell's avatar

Pretty sure I'm at the reality check phase, but I know that there's more than one red carpet in life so I'm not worried. The graph was very on point though. Haha

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Kelly Eden's avatar

I think I might be at reality check too, haha! We can always keep our fingers crossed for another red carpet appearance.

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