by LaurenMarieFleming | Jun 2, 2023 | Book Talk, Journaling, Writer Resources, Writing Inspiration, Writing motivation., Writing tips and tools.
You know what I miss about summer as a kid? The prospect of love. Every summer, I just knew this was the one I would find true love with some boy – always from out of town that I’d never have to see again – and finally be like all the other thin,...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Apr 25, 2023 | Artist Motivation, Illness, Grief, Cancer, Musings, My story., My writing., Reading to heal, The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Writing motivation., Writing tips and tools., Writing to Heal
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...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Apr 12, 2023 | Artist Motivation, Journaling, Tell your story., Writer Resources, Writing motivation., Writing tips and tools.
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...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Mar 8, 2023 | Tell your story., The business side of a writing career., Time Management, Writing motivation., Writing tips and tools.
It seems like everyone is obsessed with going viral these days, including me. Who can blame us? Society equates fame and success with virality, likes and shares with popularity. Mega-star authors are made overnight on social media. Alex Aster got a book and movie deal...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Apr 9, 2018 | Artist Motivation, My writing., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Writing motivation., Writing tips and tools.
When we were kids, my cousins used to write and perform these elaborate theater productions in their back yard. Every kid in the neighborhood would be given some kind of role, from star to ticket taker to prop manager. A planter was their stage, a sheet their curtain,...
by LaurenMarieFleming | Dec 4, 2017 | Giveaways and Scholarships, Tell your story., Workshop, Writing tips and tools.
Good news: this post asks you to buy nothing! If your life is anything like mine, it is inundated with companies and people asking for your money right now. So I want to give you something instead! I want to give you over $2000 in coaching and courses from top...
