When authors put themselves in their work

Two of the writing blogs we follow recently shared reflections on how the author can appear in his or her work.

Dave King of Writer Unboxed approached this question literally, with commentary on self-reference in fiction.

Sweta Srivastava Vikram of Women Writers, Women's Books handled it with a little more distance, in sharing the five writing lessons she learned from grief.

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