As a writer, you may find that you have to prove yourself over and over again. For years. Probably for your entire career. This can be discouraging, particularly after you’ve been writing for a while. I know what I’m doing, you think. I’ve paid my dues. Shouldn’t it get easierContinue Reading
As a writer, you may not have thought that you were living in a haunted house. But if you take the idea figuratively rather than literally, you might change your mind. Most of us, after all, are haunted by a few spirits floating around between our ears. See if anyContinue Reading
Note: Helen and Lorri are a mother/daughter writing team. How unique is that? I had to ask them how they make this unique writing relationship work. Below are their answers to my questions. —Colleen How did you both come to be writers? In other words, what were your individual journeysContinue Reading
Last year around this time, I did a post on my top 10 books for the year. Readers seemed to like it, so I thought I’d try it again. Writers are readers first, after all, and it’s fun to spread the word about books that touched us for one reasonContinue Reading
As we come to the end of the year, I thought it would be fun to share my top 10 books for 2017. Like most writers, I love reading, and feel like I can never read as many books as I’d like to. But I’ve made room in my scheduleContinue Reading
Here’s a question I’ve gotten from Writing and Wellness readers recently… How do I take a project from beginning to end without losing it somewhere in the middle? So how do we do that, exactly? Getting to “The End” Means Getting Through the Dreaded Middle I think most writers wouldContinue Reading
I love getting writing book recommendations from other authors, so I thought Writing and Wellness readers might like to know which books I keep on my writing desk. The following 10 are earmarked and broken-backed because I turn to them so often. Maybe one of these needs to be onContinue Reading
My biggest physical challenge since I’ve begun writing full time is being indoors for so much of the day. I’ve tried working outside in nice weather, but I can’t seem to do any meaningful writing, just light, daydreamy work, though it’s a good place to edit. Deeper work eludes meContinue Reading