• Forest for the Trees
  • THE FOREST FOR THE TREES is about writing, publishing and what makes writers tick. This blog is dedicated to the self loathing that afflicts most writers. A community of like-minded malcontents gather here. I post less frequently now, but hopefully with as much vitriol. Please join in! Gluttons for punishment can scroll through the archives.

    If I’ve learned one thing about writers, it’s this: we really are all alone. Thanks for reading. Love, Betsy

Half Empty

First week back from vacation and a lot of good news: a blocked writer becomes unblocked, a dazzling new chapter from a memoir in progress, a revision on a proposal sings, a great meeting with a new film agent, entertaining lunch with a major magazine editor, some checks arrived, a contract negotiation down to one small point, three fantastic new titles launching. Like that.

The challenge: how can Betsy Lerner negate all this great stuff and find a way to feel crappy about herself and the industry. C’mon, give me something hard.

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