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Being Perceived: Marketing the Self
...and my lifelong struggle with the idea of a 'personal brand'
This is incredibly thought-provoking to me as a writer - I also think I try to avoid thinking about my "brand" but at the same time it is something you kinda have to do... so brb off to consider what it means to be perceived. Before breakfast... -
I spent three weeks at a writer’s residency this summer, redrafting an adult novel and spending time with an handful of women and non-binary writers on an island off the coast of Seattle. It was a gift of an experience, one I highly recommend applying for. The residency offered an ideal balance of solitude and community; the days spent alone, in reflect…