Pre-baby #2 last May, I was blogging on a weekly basis. I had a precision system in place. Every week during one of the 60-minute writing sprints we run for my community, I would knock out about...
I'm learning to write faster. With blogging I’m already fairly quick, though my recent writing voice recalibration has slowed me down a bit (more on this in a future installment). But in terms of...
When someone joins my writing community, and doesn’t participate, I am always fascinated to know why. I don’t assume that the person is lazy or just not writing. And sometimes there are real...
My best friend reminded me the other day that I have chosen an artist’s career. Her words hit me over the head like a metal bucket, with all the accompanying reverberations one might expect. Wait. I...
In this über-distractified world we live in, minding our own business is becoming increasingly important. I’ve been paying a lot of attention to the way I start my day in this regard. Whose day is...
It's been a rough couple of months. My mother-in-law passed away at the end of January. I've managed to have two colds since then (yes, I know it's only February 20th), and the second one has been a...
Today I'm reprinting a revised version of a favorite article that appeared on the blog in January 2012. It's just as relevant today as it was then. Enjoy! One of the most common excuses I hear from...
When it comes to rewarding ourselves for writing, I see many writers being stingy about it. Please don't be stingy! In my writing community we have a question on our daily progress report that...
Apparently I think in sevens a lot, at least when it comes to writing about writing. As I was reviewing the most-read posts of 2014, apparently sevens were appealing to you, too. These "7's"...
I was raised in a family where there's a right way and a wrong way, and great woe to the one who chose the wrong way. It was my early training program in perfectionism. I learned to figure out what...
Writing consistently, regularly, and honestly is a challenge. But it's a challenge worth meeting. And when it comes to delivering on that task, it turns out that discipline is an over-rated solution...
Resistance to writing is rife at this time of year. Perhaps that's why we're so well primed to resolve to "do better" when the New Year rolls around. (Though personally I'm not that big a fan of...