July 19th, 2008
I saw this article yesterday, linked from Melissa Lopez’ livejournal: Writer’s Digest - Don’t Be A Writing Diva
It’s all solid advice - hone your voice, turn in your manuscript on time or early, send thank yous, think before you hit send, be careful how you criticize, continue to learn your craft, etc.
This is a career, a job, how you act leads into how you’re perceived. It’s important to put out there the face you want people to see and associate with you as an author and as my mom would say, “It never hurts to say thank you.”
