Jan 19, 2024
First Draft Thoughts: Mindfulness
Today I dread writing. I’m 60% finished with this book, square in the saggy middle, …
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Jan 06, 2024
Unanswerable Questions
I started 2024 with big ambitions, hopes, goals, and all that other stuff that comes with t…
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Jan 02, 2024
Writing Thoughts: Supportive Care for Writers
Today, I miss being a college student. Not being young, exactly--I was officially a gr…
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Jan 02, 2024
2023: A Year in Review
Goodbye, 2023! My word of the year for 2023 was Deconstruct, and I don't know if I did that…
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Dec 24, 2023
Pep Talks
Lately I've been starting my writing day by asking myself: What is the pep talk I need to h…
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Dec 23, 2023
Writing Sprints
Today I am doing writing sprints to get my word count in for the day. What are writing sprint…
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Dec 14, 2023
Another Year of Writing Books
Every year on my birthday, I do a whole thing where I recommit to writing for one more year. Th…
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Jan 06, 2022
2021: Year in Review
I’m writing this on the afternoon of January 6, 2022. I am wearing a blue hoodie and fuzzy socks…
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Jan 01, 2021
2020: Year in Review
Last year, when I did one of these posts, I promised myself I would do monthly recaps in a Wor…
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May 10, 2020
How To Keep Writing When Disaster Looms
Reset and recalibrate. I made a smart move at the start of the year by taking what I though…
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May 07, 2020
The Art of Being Not Agented
I want to talk about agents for a second. Maybe not agents , but more specifically, t…
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Jan 13, 2020
2019: Year in Review
I haven’t done a Year in Review post for a lot of years, but since my areas of focus for 2020 is …
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