I hear it all the time. "I want to write." People say it as if it's not in their control whether or not they write. They even believe they don't get to decide i... Read More...
What might make you read this? Ideas that come to mind include an opportunity to:
win a Telsa
pitch your work to an interested agent
take a writing retre... Read More...
Resistance and procrastination are not just for writers! And even in a writer's life, these things crop up, obstruct, and delay all sorts of endeavors. For me, ... Read More...
2020 has not become what I thought it would. I thought - after losing my dogs, my dad, my father-in-law, going through an audit and breaking my arm in 2019 - th... Read More...
The pandemic was, at one point, a nationally unifying experience. We were all at home, stunned, baking banana bread. A little giddy. A little scared. Keeping ou... Read More...
If you never procrastinate, I probably don't even like you. Procrastination is a loveable character flaw, and besides, such wonderful things grow out of p... Read More...
It's a little known fact about the human anatomy that we each have a Smootherator - that flits between heart, mind, and hand - staying, smoothing, soothing our ... Read More...
I write a lot about writer's block, and have experienced significant block/resistance/procrastination in my lifetime. Just admitting that here makes my ego want... Read More...
IF is something we think about - whether or not that IF happens. IF can be worry or hope, and it holds our attention. "If" and its time-sucking cousin "if only,... Read More...
The brain is paramount among writers. We love our smarts, right?
Recent research shows that our brains do not live 100% in our heads. The heart and the stoma... Read More...
