As I wrote about here, August is the month of The Good Stuff around these parts. Every week I’m going to be focusing on something worth celebrating in the publishing journey, whether it’s stories about new deals and successes, or writing inspiration, or platform-building encouragement… Now, last week we talked about the 6 moments along […]
One of the toughest things for writers (and really anyone working on anything) is learning how to outsmart procrastination. Our minds are so resistant to being used, and they’re just as wily at coming up with ways to distract us. A quick look at Twitter? Well, sure! Just a peek at Facebook to make sure I didn’t […]
A Once Upon a Chef cookbook review: a review of Once Upon a Chef, the Cookbook by Jennifer Segal. It’s gorgeous out; life is crazy; why does everything happen at once? Those are the thoughts that keep cycling through my mind this week. If you have any answers, ideas, or a pool I could swim […]
This one quote can make it easy to write a first draft, plus a free printable art print with the Anne Lamott quote about shitty first drafts from Bird by Bird. I hunched into my laptop and clenched my teeth. I glared at the screen. I wrote a sentence, then deleted it. I wrote another […]