The writing you do – whatever form it takes – is right for you. This applies to all chosen paths. There are nearly 8 billion people on this planet. Among us all, there are a lot of different things that we do, desire to do, and can do. Some are tasks and chores we are…
Tag: self-help
The Therapy of Writing
Writing – fiction or nonfiction – can be therapy. There is something deeply cathartic about getting words, thoughts, and ideas out of your head and onto the page or screen. Whatever form that takes – journaling, nonfiction, fiction, storytelling, or what-have-you – writing can be massively empowering. If you’re not a writer – forcing it…
What’s in a Name?
Revisiting an old challenge in the name I publish under. I debated this notion several years ago. Just after I began to publish on Amazon, it became a mountain I needed to climb. The issue at hand is the name I publish under. I write in three distinct genres – publishing online in two of…
What Does Your Writing Process Look Like?
Allow me to share with you how my process goes. Why do I write by the seat of my pants? There are friends of mine who are planners. They will plot out ANYTHING that they write. The outlines they create are elaborate, thorough, and detailed. Then, once that is complete, they start the full project….
One Writer, Two Mindsets
Finding the balance between two very different worlds. Several years back I began to question whether or not to create an alternate nom de plume. Why? Because I was writing from two very different places. Setting aside professional, business work: Fiction When I was nine years old I wrote Wildfire, a 50 page illustrated sci-fi…
Musings on Being a Writer
Calling myself a writer is only the beginning. As most of you know, I am a writer. I have been a writer for nearly four decades now. Sure, there were pauses in between, and there were times when I wasn’t writing along the way. But then I realized that writing is my calling. In the…
Why am I Afraid?
I do not like to admit that I am afraid. What’s more, it’s a super-intangible fear, and I’ve been letting it kick my ass. I am going to get very personal here, because this entire week has made it abundantly clear that I am off course. All week I have been avoiding doing the things…
How Can I Earn More From Writing?
I love blogging. I have been blogging at least once a week for more than six years now. The thing is, as much as I love writing all the posts that I do, I also need to earn a living. Ideally, I would like to earn a living as a writer. So, to this end,…
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