I’m always asked this question: Do you have any quick tips for getting unstuck in writing? We all get stuck once in a while so know that you aren’t alone.
Writing
Start with Your Accordion Mostly Closed
As a novelist, do you dive right in, or do you use “how to” guides to get you to The End? Do you write your own elevator pitch as a story planning tool?
13 Tips for the Work-at-Home Author
13 tips for authors who work at home
Meeting the Muse—Flex Your Creativity Exercises
I’m getting closer to publishing my new book on creativity called Meeting the Muse: 28 Ways to Unlock the Pleasures & Avoid the Pitfalls of Your Creative Life. As regular readers know, this book is not about book publishing, it’s about the motives that move us to be creative, and the obstacles we often encounter. […]
9 Mental “Tools” for Writing When the Clock is Ticking … and Beyond
If your creative brain just doesn’t want to keep time as the OMG hour approaches, here’s 9 mental “tools” for writing when the clock is ticking.
Creativity—You Are Absolutely Unique
I’m getting ready to publish a new book on creativity called Meeting the Muse: 28 Ways to Unlock the Pleasures & Avoid the Pitfalls of Your Creative Life. This book is not about book publishing, but more about the motives that move us to be creative, as all writers and authors are. Over my life […]
Happy Labor Day (U.S.) and Labour Day (Canada)
Labor Day / Labour Day Post including links from Amy Collins, David Wogahn, and Joel Friedlander
The Ultimate Writer’s Journal: WriteWell Journals Launch Month (+ Coupon)
August is the official launch month for WriteWell Writer’s Journals. To get a coupon code along with the best writer’s journal you can buy, read this article now.
Who Belongs on Your Book Acknowledgment Page? (15 Ideas)
Acknowledgments are usually one of the last items on the book publishing “to do” list … the Thank Yous to the friends, family members, and the team that supported and assisted you in creating your masterpiece. Most books have an Acknowledgment page but do you need one?
Writer’s Tools and the Forgotten Keyboard
Anyone like me, whose career as a designer, typesetter, author, and book publisher has spanned all the years of the digital revolution, have used a succession of tools to do our writing and editing. Since the advent of personal computers, we’ve moved from the typewriters that writers used in the twentieth century to the ubiquitous […]