I’m taking a quick break from my current ghostwriting project to give you a tip for writing, specifically, overcoming resistance. But first, I want to remind you to enter my writing contest. Its easy–all you have to do is answer a few simple questions in the comment area and you’ll be entered in a drawing […]
I started this series on the Writing Bogs a couple weeks ago and left you with a cliffhanger ending after Bog #2. I know you are all desperate to find out what the next bog is. Well, yearn no longer, because here it is. To recap, the first bog (and please, y’all, in order to save […]
I’d say, "Drumroll, please," but its such a cliche. But I’m so excited because I have three winners for my Pay it Forward Blog Birthday Contest. (And, by the way, this is my very first contest ever. Its so much fun I may have to do it again.) But you don’t want to hear me […]
I know, a post on preparation sounds about as exciting as a lecture on, well, whatever is boring to you. (I say that because what is boring to you may not be boring to me. And any example I thought of could be interesting to someone else. And this topic actually, it occurs to me, […]
One of the best ways I’ve found to consistently produce pages and have time to work on my fiction is to do it first thing in the morning. I’ve even gone through periods when I set the alarm for 5 or 5:30 and spend the first two hours of the day doing nothing but writing. […]
In the wonderful way that synchronicity often happens, today is my blog’s first birthday and I won a contest. What do the two have to do with each other? Well, the contest involves paying it forward. Because I won something, it is now my duty (and pleasure) to pass on a prize as well. And […]
Where do writers get ideas? Ideas are like men or money–they always come when you already have plenty. The more you tend them, the more they multiple. Ideas beget ideas. The more ideas you have, the more you’ll get. Okay, I’ve repeated myself enough, you get the picture. In order to start the idea train […]
What will it take you to commit to writing? In my travels as a writer, teacher, and coach, I’ve listened to students and clients and people on the street tell me their stories about writing, or more to the point, Not Writing. What I hear is that many of these people have always had a […]
Recently, I’ve been posting about the writing bogs. Since I coach writers in how to, well, write, this is a topic of particular interest to me. It’s not because I’ve ever struggled with the issue of getting myself to write. I always never have problems with writing. But in case you do, help is at […]
Why do you write? Has anybody ever asked you that before? It is not likely to be the topic of conversation at the next cocktail party you attend, but it is the sort of question that writing instruction books like to ask. I’m reading a good one at the moment, which is why this question […]
