~Writing Well Wednesday Tip~ Writers need to be sure they’re drinking water every day. Studies have found that even slight dehydration can lead to fatigue, mood swings, and headaches—things that can make mush of your writing time. Water can fight fatigue, ease stress, and clear brain fog. (Read more aboutContinue Reading
Are you looking for a caffeine-free energizer? It’s not always easy to fit writing into your busy life. Sometimes, you find yourself staring at the page with your eyelids drooping or your mind blanking out. What do you do when that happens? You may use caffeinated beverages like coffee orContinue Reading
by Olivia Jones Inspiration is a fickle beast, as every writer knows well. We do our best to tame it, manage it, and help it flourish, but ultimately it has its own heartbeat and a way of growing or halting to a sudden stop. But among so many things weContinue Reading
How clean is your writing computer? I don’t know about you, but I use my laptop a LOT. I have a desktop computer, but I reserve that for my freelance (business) writing. My laptop holds my novels, non-fiction books, blogs, and more, and it goes with me almost everywhere. IContinue Reading
Spring is here. How does your home office or writing niche look? If you’re like most writers, things could use a little sprucing up. You’ve likely had some clutter collect over the winter, not only on your physical spaces, but in your technological ones, too. And clutter has been linkedContinue Reading
The biggest emotional challenge: trying to keep the dream alive when all signs point to NO. Even once you’re published/have an agent/have an audience, there’s no guarantee you’ll be able to keep going/keep publishing/create a viable career. You’re only ever as good as your next book. Financially the odds areContinue Reading
~Writing Well Wednesday Tip~ Sometimes a writer has to go back to the beginning. Back to where it all started, where that first spark of inspiration lived, to that place where the writer inside first came to life. Daily living and the “busyness” of a writer’s modern-day career tends toContinue Reading
You’ve been working on your latest writing project for a while now, and your motivation is waning. You still believe in it. You still want to take it all the way through to “the end,” but lately the fire has dimmed in your heart. What’s happened, and how can youContinue Reading
The biggest challenge [of being a writer] has been exposure and marketing. I spend most of my time writing, and rarely have enough time to actually promote my books. I’ve never been cursed with writer’s block or distraction issues, but I struggle with the business end of the venture. ThinkContinue Reading
~Writing Well Wednesday Tip~ If you’re having trouble falling asleep, the last thing you want to do is pop a sleeping pill. A 2012 study discovered that those taking these pills had a higher risk of death. More specifically, researchers compared over 10,000 people receiving prescription sleep aids with aboutContinue Reading
The dreaded imposter syndrome… Do you worry you don’t have what it takes to be a writer? Even after a writing success, do you feel like you didn’t really deserve it? Do you worry that others will see the truth—that you really don’t know what you’re doing? If so, youContinue Reading
by Linda L. Osmundson As a writer, I bloomed late in life. One of my sons said I was coming into my own when my husband Bob’s health knocked us both for a loop and my writing went on hold. His dementia diagnosis—not Alzheimer’s, but another dementia known as ProgressiveContinue Reading