This is part four of a continuing series of the writing process. For the previous articles in the series, see the end of this post. What's there to say about rewriting? You just get in there and do it, right? So what's there to write about? Well, plenty. For starters, let me make one thing […]
Over the last week, I've been revisiting the writer's process. (You can get caught up on the other posts here and here.) As promised, today's post begins a look at each step of the process. And so today we talk about the fine and wonderful art of glumping. Glumping is a word that I've always […]
Apparently I'm more of a creature of habit than I thought. Every year about this time I write a post about going back to the basics. These pithy thoughts may be disguised in several different ways, but basically what I end up writing about is the writing process. And that's what I'm going to write […]
When I was working on my recent workshop for The Writer's Loft, I had a brilliant realization. There's writing. And then there's writing around. So you don't think I'm the densest writer on the planet, I've known this forever, but haven't known known it, if you get my drift. Writing around is something I've always […]
I'm sitting in the Houston airport, on my way home from Nashville, pondering the past weekend of the Writer's Loft orientation. I did a workshop for the orientation called Jump Start Your Book with a Vision Board (soon to be an ebook available right here). In the final hour of the workshop, we all made […]
Some days, my life is one long series of resistance. I want to eat couscous with my lunch, but the voice inside my head warns me it's a carb and I really shouldn't eat carbs. I want a glass of wine before dinner, because all the males of the family are drinking beer and watching […]
Merry Christmas, everyone, if you celebrate. Either way, I hope everyone who reads this has a wonderful holiday. I find the holidays an especially creative time of year. Even with all the hoopla and festivities (I'm having 21 people over for Christmas Eve tonight, including 2 kids and a nephew who will be dressing as […]
A couple weeks ago I did something that all the experts tell you not to do. I "launched" a product without much fanfare. Well, let's be honest, there was no fanfare. I got the idea for the service, wrote the page and put it up. Just like that. No hype and not even much promotion, […]
I've started writing and then deleted this post a couple of times now. I originally had it starting with a list of things that were currently depressing me. You know, like the cold rain that is almost but not quite snow. And all the people stranded at airports and train stations in Europe. Or how […]
In writing, repetition is often frowned upon because it is seen as a lack of cleverness, or perhaps laziness–couldn't you take the time to find a different word so you don't keep repeating the same one? Please, please, please can't you vary the length and structure of your sentences so as to avoid the mind-numbing […]
