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Budget your energy, not your time

As a writer undergoing her first pregnancy (and yes, I use the word “undergoing” very intentionally), I’ve learned a few things. First,...

You’ve probably had at least one in your writing life. Maybe it’s the thing that made you want to start writing in the first place. It’s...

Last month I went over the first two parts of my process for getting the best feedback I can for my work: what I do beforehand and what I...

If you’ve gotten far enough along in the writing process that you’ve completed a draft of anything, chances are you’ve sought feedback:...

A month ago was New Year’s Day. Hopefully you have lots of good memories of that day as you celebrated with family and friends—and...

If you’re like most writers I know, you’d like to use the new year to reassess your writing dreams. You may have goals For what you’d...

If you read my last blog post, you may recall my tips for getting in on the fun—and stress!—of NaNoWriMo if you’re working on revision...

I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year. I’ve tried it before and found that a thirty-day month in which I write 50,000 words is doable, but...

We’ve all heard it: a writer should also be a reader. But it’s easy to let that slip when life gets in the way, especially if what has...

Welcome back! As you’ve probably noticed (either from this blog or from social media), I’ve decided to scale back my posts to once a...