Original DRAFT written in the summer of 2025
Jan 8, 2026 8:27 PM

I am a Newb. When I started writing in August 2019, I was starting at zero. Thanks to Meg Latorre and Jenna Moreci, I got the basics from YouTube right some quick.
Eric C Bailey, Author
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December, 14 2025
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Original DRAFT written in the summer of 2025

I am a Newb. When I started writing in August 2019, I was starting at zero. Thanks to Meg Latorre and Jenna Moreci, I got the basics from YouTube right some quick.
by Eric C Bailey
Originally published Dec. 14, 2023
This is a common addition to other author’s newsletters. It seems like a good idea. After all, we have to stop writing, plotting, outlining, and daydreaming sometime ...

I am not a good writer. I am not a natural writer. Sounds like clickbait? Maybe a little, yet it is all too true.
I will go into this subject in detail on my blog; this is a heads-up of what’s coming. A heads up of why EXTINCTION SPECIES has stalled …
by Eric C Bailey
Originally published May 14 2021
I recently ordered a book (The Anatomy of Prose: 12 Steps to Sensational Sentences) as a birthday present to myself.
It got me thinking about procrastination and all the various ways we ALL at times, avoid doing what we want to do. Be it writing, painting or whatever it is YOU want to do.

How the Fuck am I (a Newb) qualified to select an editor for my first manuscript?
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