by Alena Tauriainen, writing as Alena Wendall @alenawendall Discouragement creeps up on all of us. Who knows why some people get an agent or multi-book contract with a big publishing …
I Told You So: 3 Encouragements for Your Writing
by Kariss Lynch, @Kariss_Lynch Some of the most well-meaning people told me to wait to write until I get older. “No way a twenty-something can write what people want …
5 Ways to Create on Empty
by CJ Myerly, @mdippedinink As the new year rolled in, I had fantastic plans of writing an entire novel in the month of January. Not necessarily a bad goal, but …
One Secret to Push Through Doubt
by Rebecca Yauger, @RebeccaYauger Fear, Doubt, Discouragement… We’ve all been there. In our day-to-day life, it’s so easy to get distracted and thrown off course from our goals, with health, …
3 Reasons You Might Need to Press Pause
by Sarah Varland, @SarahVarland We’ve all been there—word count slows down. Instead of having your story unfold in a natural way, where you’re pulled along with your characters, eager to see …




