Taking the Next Step in a Writing Career
Goals get us up in the morning. Before we rise, before the business of the world we’ve created takes over our day, we can remember […]
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Forging a Writing Future
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your […]
How Walking Helps Writing
The New Yorker’s article Why Walking Helps Us Think sends a very clear message to writers. Walking helps our brains. We have never had much doubt movement helps our […]
Getting Past Editorial: Narrative Structure
“I don’t want to spoil the party, so I’ll go.” –Lennon & McCartney Of the three top reasons for rejecting short fiction, the too-slow emergence […]
In Praise of Your Elevator Pitch
One of the finest ways to use 10 minutes in a busy week is to master the elevator pitch — that is, one sentence that […]
Jane Austen and Good Company
“My idea of good company … is the company of clever, well-informed people, who have a great deal of conversation; that is what I call […]
Beyond the First Book Horizon
This past January I watched Lady Gaga melt with tears on the Golden Globes as she received her acting award. Her happiness reminded me of […]
Loving the Work
Elisabeth Kubler Ross said “There are only two emotions, love or fear.” This binary view is useful in addressing time management for writers. We already know […]
Too Much Stuff in the Basement, No Room For It.
“Too much stuff in the basement, no room for it.” – Susan Pieters, Glass Curtain Time management is a brilliant phrase. Encouraging. We have time, and it’s […]
How Great Goals Keep Us Motivated
We who love to write visit our great vision every day. To reach a goal — to finish this novel or this series, or to write […]