Word Magic
Here we are in a brand new year. A question: is your writing process effective—and stress-free? If you’re stressed and panic regularly, chances are your process needs a little fine-tuning. Several days into the new year, a writing student called me in a panic. She queried a website last October, with an idea she thought might work for them. Their … Read more
Do you wish you could fix procrastination for good? Me too—and an app may help. But before we get to discussing apps, consider this. Maybe you’re too hard on yourself. For creative workers, procrastination—and even laziness—may have hidden benefits. Perhaps you should allow yourself to procrastinate sometimes; it may well enhance your creativity. Should you try to fix procrastination for … Read more
Are you ready to achieve your goals in 2022? A brand new year is just a few short weeks away. Those weeks will be full and busy, so chances are you won’t have time to think, much less plan strategy for the new year. Before the holiday season gets well underway, spend a few minutes thinking about 2021. Did you … Read more
Do you wish you could be a more confident writer? Would confidence help you to: Write more, more often? Approach more clients if you’re a freelancer? Treat your writing as a business? KNOW how to develop plans which work for you and your writing business? Be happier? As a writing mentor and coach, I often work with writers with amazing … Read more
Content creation can be a challenge. You’ve got a content calendar, so you know what to post and when… But what if the well runs dry and you’d rather stick a fork in your eyeball than write another word? It happens. I’ve burned out a couple of times in my writing career; I talked about burnout here. So, what can … Read more