When you first start a new habit, it's awkward. I've made the mistake more than a few times in my life of throwing in the towel if I "blow it" early in the process of building a habit. Over time,...
I got into a fascinating dialogue with one of my community members the other day, which blossomed into a topic on our live coaching call yesterday, and I just can't get it out of my head. She'd...
Today's article is on the subject of organizing and simplifying for writers, in a Q&A format with me and with my colleague Miriam Ortiz y Pino. Miriam helped me reorganize my office and design...
This week I taught a class called "Get Ready For Summer Writing" with an eye toward looking ahead to the summer and getting a writing plan in place to deal with the various obstacles and...
While technically it's still spring until the solstice, I'm anticipating the changes summer will bring to my writing habits and my life. My husband will be home more (he works at the University),...
It's always thrilling for me to see someone finish a writing project, particularly when I've been on the journey with them, from within the trenches of our writing community. We cheer each other on,...
Can we write when we're surrounded by clutter? Craving the relief from chaos For a sensitive person, clutter is an energy drain because it's overstimulating (one of the biggest challenges for a...
Seems like every time I turn around, someone I know is going through something big: ... Friends with cancer. ... My father facing health challenges. ... A neighbor's house catching on fire. ... My...
Last weekend I experimented with something lovely: Unplugging. It was precipitated by a comment from one of my Called to Write community members about wanting to feel truly relaxed. I was reminded...
One of the greatest bugaboos of writers (and creatives of all sorts) is resistance. Ah, resistance. Resistance is that unseen force that repels us from writing (or eating our vegetables or doing...