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Feel like you aren't getting anywhere with your writing career? Feel like you spend too much time at the day job?

Over at the The Urban Muse, Susan Johnston is exploring how Min Jin Lee converted her legal experience into a novel. It's an inspiring, practical interview: "I had intended to write a short story, but my best friend Dionne Bennett, a professor at Loyola, said it would make a great novel because I am familiar with this world of Wall Street and New York’s complicated class structure." 

The Inkthinker blog just published an article about how to leave better comments on your favorite blogs. In this new media universe, comments can build your community and lead to new relationships. These are invaluable skills. 

Find out what Stephen Dixon learned over the course of a thirty-year writing career that produced 15 books and 500 short stories. This John Hopkins Magazine profile digs deep into the economics and practical work habits of a professional writer.

Check it out: "He tries for one finished page per day. That may not sound like much, but he'll rewrite a page 30 or 40 times until it feels right. He says he is satisfied if he produces 200 finished pages a year." (Thanks, Poetry Hut!)