On Writing: This is the Year
This is the year—the year we finish the manuscript and click send. The year we commit to being…
January 27, 2018This is the year—the year we finish the manuscript and click send. The year we commit to being…
January 27, 2018Ah, at last! The proposal and manuscript is complete, polished, and sent. A contract is offered and joyfully signed.…
December 24, 2017Progress has stalled on our latest writing project. We avoid our desk, tamp down the guilt, and stay busy…
November 24, 2017The writing life stands poised to strike fear into the most steadfast heart—launching arrows of self-doubt, rejection-terror, and insecurity.…
October 24, 2017Most days, writing brings us joy. Our brains stay on overdrive as we scribble ideas on scraps of paper,…
June 23, 2017I was immersed in online research for a work-in-progress when my computer froze and a warning banner flashed across…
May 23, 2017Please Lord, please…could I possibly get an honorable mention? Just one of those beautiful folders with a certificate inside.…
April 23, 2017We’ve submitted that article, devotion, or book proposal, and the feelings of euphoria have begun to fade. Questions ping…
February 23, 2017With an incredible sense of purpose, I opened the window blinds and faced the morning sun. Today, I thought,…
January 23, 2017Three days before Christmas, a delivery man turned in our driveway, honked the horn, and requested my signature. Then…
December 23, 2016Need a bit of insight as you ready the pen or laptop today? Consider the following from one of…
November 23, 2016Tackling a writing project can be a battle—a hard-fought conflict with procrastination, fear, insecurity, and self-discipline. We’ve all authored…
October 23, 2016It’s time for a check-up. Take a deep breath and consider this: What do you love most about writing?…
September 23, 2016What a day. We’ve been fighting to stay in the zone, our fingers flying over the keyboard searching for…
May 18, 2016By all accounts, it was a productive year. Articles were accepted for publication. A book contract hung on my…
April 10, 2016Conference season is upon us and social media is abuzz with encouragement to click a sign-up link and submit…
March 14, 2016The writer’s life is not for the faint of heart. There are moments that are downright scary. That first…
February 15, 2016When you write, do you have a happy place? Do conditions have to be “just right?” When are you…
December 28, 2015One of my favorite drama exercises is to take a familiar object and brainstorm what that object could be.…
December 3, 2015The writing-life doesn’t look like other career-fields. A lot of what we do happens when we’re home alone or…
October 19, 2015You paced around the house all day doing unnecessary chores. You read an article on writing. You rearranged stuff on…
September 11, 2015I had just settled on our front porch swing with my yellow legal pad and favorite pen when Katie,…
August 16, 2015I slogged through composing an article, retyping the same sentence six or seven times. The sentence was too short,…
July 21, 2015