Writing Life
Five Best Productivity Tools
I know I’ve been busy when an entire week has passed without writing a blog post, and it hasn’t even crossed my mind. It’s not as if I’m busy right now (where’s that sarcasm font when you need it?): between family life with all of its end-of-the-school-year hecticness and work...
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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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Guest Post: The Pathway NOT to Take to Publication, by Harry Kraus
The Pathway NOT to take to Publication (uh, yeah, happens to be the one I took): 1) For the most part, write blissfully ignorant of “the rules.” I know, I know, there are no concrete rules for fiction writing, but there are ways that others have done things, ways that...
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23 Ways To Break Writer’s Block
Every writer has been there: the words are flowing, the story is gelling, and then all of a sudden—nothing. Like the faucet has been turned off, or the river has been dammed upstream. You tell yourself not to panic, but as hours pass, especially if you’re under deadline, panic begins...
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