Write from your gut

NEW YORK CITY: A dedicated writer is one who writes stories that are not made popular by technology or driven by profitability, President and Publisher of Tyrus Books, Benjamin LeRoy said at the Writer's Digest Conference.

"Tell your best story from your gut, if it resonates with reality as you want to project it -- do not be bothered by the noise made by topics that sell millions of dollars, I call that obsession," LeRoy stressed.

More than 500 writers thronged the three-day event that begun last week Friday and it is a platform where book deals are sealed and publishing contracts signed or manuscripts solicited for possible publication by literary agents and publishers.

Editor's Comment
Congratulations Anicia Gaothuse!

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