I assume if you are reading this blog, you either have been or currently are in the middle of the long slog that is writing a novel. I am. I’m in year three, and still I don’t see an end. It’s [...]
I recently had the good fortune (trying to keep it positive) to find myself without a job. After the shock of being unemployed was over, I became grateful for the time off. I decided to take the [...]
“For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.” Eudora Welty, On Writing I just did something I haven’t done in years. I read two novels in the span of two weeks. Joy! I [...]
Stuck: How to Deal with Writer’s Block I hated to even utter the word. I would not say it aloud. I couldn’t even write it down. I thought it, briefly, but in my one successful meditation [...]
The Beginnings of a Meditation Practice for Writers I don’t know much about meditating but have been aspiring to do so for years ever since I read Natalie Goldberg’s Writing Down the Bones. Over [...]
How to Start Building a Social Media Presence: An Interview with Crystal King Crystal King is a 20-year marketing and communications veteran. Currently she leads social media for Keurig Green [...]
Some Thoughts on Time and Structure I had planned to write an instructional post on the use of spreadsheets in writing a novel, but life happened this week. Right after the deadline for this post [...]
The Social Media Conundrum I have certain traits that typify a writer. I am an introvert. I prefer solitary days at my computer versus working with a team in an office. I would rather talk to my [...]
Traffic, Kevlar, and a Critique When I first started taking writing classes, my friends would ask what they were like. I would explain in a lighthearted voice that the classes were centered [...]
Retreat! Retreat! Retreat! I am not a writer who yearns for a cabin in the woods for weeks at a time. Being away from my life for long periods does not fill me with creative joy. I wish it did. [...]
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