Inspiration
Forget Publishing and Write.
This is the post in which I crack the code of having a long and successful writing career. I know everyone says they have the secret—and lots of them will tell you it for the bargain price of $299 per webinar—but most of them are missing the core thing that...
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Why You Should Stop Looking for Advice
My one piece of advice to writers: stop looking for advice. In business, in writing, and in life, one size never fits all.
Interview With Author Elizabeth Byler Younts
I am so excited to welcome my guest today, friend and fellow RWA RITA Award double nominee, Elizabeth Byler Younts. Elizabeth is author of the Amish historical novel, Promise to Return. Carla: First of all, congratulations! I am really excited to be nominated alongside you in two categories in the RITA...
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“I Quit” and Other Lies I Tell Myself
I had a truly awful week last week. The kind they make Dilbert cartoons and snarky memes about. The kind that makes you want to crawl back into bed, pull the covers over your head, and rethink your entire life. The kids were in horrible moods, everything went wrong at...
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