Building a story? It’s like laying beautiful stones
(photo credit) If you visit this blog at all you know I’ve been absent for a while. I took several weeks off from blogging to turn my attention to creating something totally different –...
Tagged: writing tips
Hitting the bottom of the inspirational well
There are times when the well of creativity seems to dry up and, as hard as you try, you don’t know how to get it all kick started again. You search for advice on...
25 things writers should stop doing
Today as I was jotting down thoughts for a New Year’s blog about some of the things we writers (me especially!) need to stop doing this year, and other things we might start trying...
Reverb 10: Turning ideas into actuality
“We think good ideas to death, when we should be acting them to life.” ~ Brian G. Jett “A new idea is like a child. It’s easier to conceive than to deliver.” ~ Ted...
“Write drunk, edit sober” ~ Ernest Hemingway
“Write drunk, edit sober.” ~ Ernest Hemingway One of the biggest challenges facing a lot of writers including myself is to “let it all hang out” as we are writing. In fact, as...
Ghostwriting – not as scary as it seems
With Halloween just around the corner, it seems to me that Ghostwriting might be just the thing to blog about this week, especially since I recently completed ghostwriting a book on nutrition and sports...
Do you make time to write?
How often does our writing take the back seat to other pressing needs in our lives? Of late, I’ve noticed that I’ve had a bit of a struggle getting to my writing because of...
The Magic of Journaling
“The habit of writing for my eye only is good practice, It loosens the ligaments.” ~ Virginia Woolf Not only does journaling loosen the ligaments, but it also loosens the brain cells, the...
25 quotes to inspire the writer in you
Writing can be difficult business. It is usually a solitary endeavor that requires us to pull our creative energy from our own mind, heart and spirit. There have been times when I have sat...
10 things for freelance writers to ponder
In 2005, I left the world of regular paychecks, corner offices and difficult bosses to become my own boss. I opened my own public relations agency and at the same time began taking...
