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Writing about your community is difficult for any writer.

Eden Robinson

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Eden Robinson
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: January 19
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Eden Victoria Lena Robinson
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Fewer publishers mean you have a limited set of aesthetics, so you know who can and can't send your work to. You have more situations where you take the offer or don't get published or you learn to self-publish.
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We can be the new brand of self-extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve.
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The States has more publishers and a wider range of aesthetics but so much more competition - the amount of writers vying for the same spot as you is staggering. I think they're different challenges, but equally frustrating when you're trying to get your foot in the door.
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Our ability to factory farm animals is coldly psychopathic.
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I don't think anyone's normal.
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I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.
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I don't really get romance. Bring me fish or moose, not flowers.
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We have good people. We have selfless people. We have great leaders.
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Once your writing is out there, you can't control how other people perceive it. All you can do is stand in your truth.
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The world is fine. Our place on it is precarious.
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I've had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren't. It's kind of like assuming all a writer's characters are really female because the writer is a woman. I've learned to let that go.
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If I have a clear spot in my schedule, I like to tackle the heavy scenes that require the heightened emotion and focus of a long writing session. Otherwise, I have daily obligations that can't be ignored.
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I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.
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I think we learn slowly as a group, but we learn. The ozone layer is still there.
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I have carpal tunnel so I can't write more than four hours total without tingling numbness. I take a lot of breaks and do stretches.
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