Though I’ve done a lot of wheel-spinning, each time I started the book and stopped, there was one thing that worked to get to the heart of what I was trying to write. It worked so well that I’m a little scared of it. I’m sharing it with you because I think it might work for you, too (and maybe you’re already doing it).
Read MoreCan your inner child lead you back to the carefree joy of discovery through writing?
Read MoreWhen we hope, we're wishing for people and situations to be other than they are. We need hope to survive, but it keeps us locked in patterns because hope is waiting for someone or something outside of us to change.
Instead, we must be hopeful, she told me.
Read MoreIs the overwhelming amount of global bad news crushing you? This simple habit will change your perspective, and it could change the world.
Read MoreIs an online writing retreat even worth it?
Read More“I’ve found only three things that make writing easier…”
Read MoreTo paraphrase the Talking Heads, how did we get here?
Read MoreI had a book to write, a book that’d been giving me terrible trouble. My editor sent the first version back. It was a blow to my ego, my calendar (I had other projects I needed to get started on), and my body (more time in that computer chair). Plus—despite it being my 19th novel—I’d made up my mind I couldn’t figure out the rewrites, and maybe couldn’t finish the book. So what did I do?
Read MoreJoin bestselling author, teacher, and TEDx presenter Jess Lourey to learn how to turn your experiences into healing fiction, followed by a wine and cheese reception celebrating the release of Unspeakable Things, her novelized retelling of growing up in a small Minnesota town where nothing is as quiet—or as safe—as it seems.
Read MoreJoin me for a tour of Paris’ finest female writers and St. Germain’s tasty Patisseries
Read More“One day you finally knew
what you had to do, and began,
though the voices around you
kept shouting
their bad advice…”
The best, most lightbulby and least precious post about the craft of writing that you’ll read today.
Read MoreDo you have a passion for storytelling but less so for marketing? Read on for a simple plan for identifying your brand.
Read MoreYou’ve always wanted to be a writer. You have a head or notebook full of ideas, you read stories or watch movies and feel inspired, maybe you’ve even started your own article, short story, novel, or memoir. But then you get stopped somewhere short of your dream. You tell yourself you don’t have the skill or the time, and that maybe someday…
Read MoreDo you want uninterrupted space and an extended time period to focus on your writing project? While a writing retreat can provide that, this year you might not have the time or budget to partake in one. Instead, consider creating your very own personal writing retreat.
Read MoreMuch as a pearl necklace is created by each individual pearl strung along with the next, novels are simply a collection of scenes. Each one must be unique, valuable, and as near perfect as possible if you want that necklace to last. Read on to find how to do that.
Read MoreLive in the now. Practice gratitude, be self-aware, laugh at any opportunity, ally with those fighting the good fight, and create art. It's not easy, but it is the point. At least that's what the guy in my basement told me.
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