Monthly Archives: January 2018

  I love this. I’d even change it: If Goliath is in front of you, you’re David. Thoughts?

So will you. Your setbacks might happen before you have any successes. It’s likely they will, in fact. What separates the best from everyone else is THE BEST KEEP GOING. Learn from the mistakes and move on. Your future best stuff is better than your current best stuff. If you gave something your all andContinue reading “The Best Still Have Setbacks”

Here on the blog we like to dive deep and reveal the inner working of the writerly mind by asking the thought provoking questions we all need to know… We also interview friends just to see what’s up. Which is this? Beats me. Read on and decide for yourself as I sit down with AnneContinue reading “Where Does Your Story Come From? 20 Questions With Author Anne Marie Andrus”

We work hard at this writing stuff. We deserve a pat on the back once in while. And who else is gonna understand anyway? Except other writer types? The biggest things writers lack is confidence, and that starts by acknowledging that what we did is worth some praise. Big or small, let’s talk about themContinue reading “Give Yourself A Pat On The Back!”

This blog has long been a friendly place to come and learn, and what better way to learn than to ask? You have questions. Writer stuff, marketing, motivation, you name it. ASK ME Your questions. Your challenges. Your issues. If I don’t know, we’ll put it out to my vast network of author friends andContinue reading “You have questions. Ask away.”

GET NOTICED. Be A Sponsor. (Yeah, this is basically a rerun of last week’s ad, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.) We do have some sponsors now but there’s room for a few more, okay? Don’t miss out.  Hi gang! I’m getting ready to start promoting my March 2018 Word Weaver Writing contest,Continue reading “SEVERAL SPOTS STILL AVAILABLE To Be A Sponsor in the March 2018 Word Weaver Writing Contest.”

It NEVER seems like it at the time, and it the correlation probably won’t be obvious, but in hindsight I can almost always find a place where that connection got made. Thoughts?

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! You won’t find it. You have to make it. Schedule it. We get done what we plan and schedule, not what we hope will happen. Consider writing the way you consider your job, and view your writing time as gold. Protect it. Guard it. Value it. But whenContinue reading “I Need To Find Time To Write”

Lucy Brazier stops by to vent shed light on why writing a blurb for your book is such a hard task. Here’s Lucy. I’m not going to tell you that writing a book is easy; no one’s going to tell you that. Writing a book is time consuming, mentally and emotionally draining and plays havocContinue reading “Why Is Writing A Book Blurb Harder Than Writing An Actual Book? Guest blog post from Lucy Brazier”

We work hard at this writing stuff. We deserve a pat on the back once in while. And who else is gonna understand anyway? Except other writer types? The biggest things writers lack is confidence, and that starts by acknowledging that what we did is worth some praise. Big or small, let’s talk about themContinue reading “Give Yourself A Pat On The Back!”