Remembering Why and Other Thoughts on Writing
If you’re around a writer for very long, you’ll discover they we spend a lot of time on introspection. Lately, this has meant asking myself why I write and what I want to accomplish with my writing.
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Reflect on 2020. Plan 2021
Plans have a way of not working out, but there won’t be any of that “planning to fail by failing to plan” in my life. Over plan? If there’s such a thing, I could be guilty of it.
The first step on forming plans is reflecting on what worked–or didn’t work–before. This post will walk you through my process for setting my goals and intentions for my writing “career.”
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Method and Madness: My New Side Hustle
I’m an author. I’ve dreamed of being an author for most of my life, and now that I’ve reached the fifth decade of that life, I’m not giving up on that dream. But it needs funding. And I don’t think any of those fancy GoFundMe and the like will do it. Mostly, I don’t want …
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Hey Writers! I Want to Help You Succeed
They say about 81 percent of people want to write a book. If you’re one of those people, I want to help you. But first, you’ve got to decide you’re serious about being a writer. Year ago, my Social Media Jedi Master Kristen Lamb convinced me to stop calling myself an “aspiring writer.” You can …
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Setting My Self “Free”
I haven’t been bound to a regular, full-time job outside my home for five years. Searching for one isn’t fun in this LinkedIn, Zoom interview paradigm either. That’s why I’m setting myself free. I mentioned this earlier. Months ago? Time bleeds, sweeping the months of this crazy year into a gushing wound in need of …
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More Bad News – Or Is It?
It’s been nearly a month since my publisher announced the latest round of bad news for my writing. The books weren’t selling. She was closing down the series. The news came while my husband and I were camping for our anniversary. You can read all about that trip here. When she announced the end of …
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If not an Author Maybe I’ll be a Freelance Writer
If you read my last post, you probably didn’t expect to see another bit of writing from me. After all, I claimed the dream to write was dead. What’s this about being a freelance writer then? Here’s the thing, even people with dead dreams need to eat. Okay, the truth is I don’t need to …
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The Death of a Dream
It could be the Writer Burnout talking here, or the backlash of yet another gray day outside my window, but I think the dream is dead. More specifically, the dream I’ve nursed and coddled since I could read stories has taken the cruise over the Rainbow Bridge. Yes, my dream of being a published author …
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Do Mind Tricks Work?
On TV, the teacher or parent says the opposite of what they want a student or child to do, and presto! The child does that thing to be contrary but is in fact falling into the “trap.” Reverse psychology they call it. Surely everyone’s watched the shows. They wouldn’t fall for it. In recent months, …
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My First Year as a Freelancer
Can you believe it’s been a year since I began selling my writing, editing and proofreading services on Fiverr? I can’t. Even more, I can’t believe I’ve earned as much doing it as I have. But where is all that negativity coming from? What happened to the positive attitude I learned with my year of …
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