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Writing your book is about more than just you.
My local fiction-focused bookstore just sent out a list of the LGBTQIA+ books that have come out between last pride and this one. Mind you, they're a store that actively seeks out LGBTQIA+ titles and stocks them. Want to guess how many books were on that list? . . ....
A little summer lovin’ for your creative self
This summer, I want you to start a torrid love affair with your creative self.
Romance your writerly side.
Make love to your muses.
Date yourself.
Here are some ideas to get you started.
I lost my desire to write. Here’s how I got it back again.
Have you ever just completely lost your desire to do something you love? This winter, I lost my desire to be a writer. hiding away from the world in Yosemite Really, I lost my desire to do anything. Between my nephew dying of cancer, the ten year anniversary of my...
The worst piece of writing advice ever – and what to do instead
The other day, I put up a post on social media asking people for the best piece of writing advice they’d ever gotten. The answers were prime examples of why most people fail at starting a writing ritual. One man said, “don’t read books.” When I asked him why he could...
Feel behind on writing a book? These three things will help.
How the hell is it April already?! I feel like it was just February ... of 2020. The past three years have lasted a century and a day all at once. Time is funny like that. What's not funny is the way that time flying by feels in our bodies – like we're watching...