It's a busy time. There's a lot going on and a lot expected of us with the next round of holidays looming on the horizon. It's also a time when we start looking ahead to the new year. Maybe more in...
It's Thanksgiving here in the U.S., so many of us are thinking about gratitude.It occurred to me that since here at Called to Write we focus on writing, it might be worth thinking about what we are...
I wrote recently getting a handle on online distractions that keep you from writing, and prior to that, about cutting back on the online distractions that were cluttering my head. I've been highly...
So let's return to our topic of choosing your next writing project. In my first post in this series, I wrote about where and how writers tend to get stuck choosing writing projects. In my...
Yesterday I had the pleasure of listening to psychologist Jessica Michaelson speak about dealing with our "click and scroll" compulsions in the context of how they keep us from living the lives we...
Today I'm continuing a series I started last week about choosing writing projects. This is the first post of the series where I'm delving into HOW to choose a project. In the last post I wrote about...
An issue a lot of writers get stuck on is choosing. Choosing what to write, what to focus on, which project to start with. I've seen writers longing to write but feeling paralyzed about making a...
Overcoming resistance to writing requires more effort initially than it does later on, particularly if you build a writing habit and get into the swing of doing it every day without question, like...
Ordinarily I recommend writing first and cleaning later. I stand by that today, too. Do your writing, then clean your writing desk. But today is still a good day to clean your desk. Here's why. As...
I seem to have a business mindset at the forefront right now (see my post from last week about criteria for bestowing grants), which isn't surprising when you consider that we're going through a...
I got to thinking today, after hearing about a writing grant opportunity recently, that it would be amazing to one day be able to fund and operate a writer's grant program. Maybe even a residential...
I get kind of pissed off when people say there’s no such thing as writer’s block. People say “you don’t ever hear of plumber’s block, do you?” And, “Writers write. If you’re a writer, write.” Which,...