Being Perceived: Marketing the Self

...and my lifelong struggle with the idea of a 'personal brand'

I spent three weeks at a writer’s residency this summer, redrafting an adult novel and spending time with an handful of women and non-binary writers on an island off the coast of Seattle. It was a gift of an experience, one I highly recommend applying for. The residency offered an ideal balance of solitude and community; the days spent alone, in reflect…