by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka Is it possible to live with contentment in waiting times? “W-A-I-T” isn’t a four-letter word. Well, not that kind of four-letter word. If there’s one word that defines …
4 Effective Ways to Stop Comparing Ourselves With Others
by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka Show of hands: how many of us have gotten tripped up by comparing ourselves to others in our lives? In 2019, I attended a writer’s conference. I arrived …
Lessons God Teaches Authors When Creating Characters
by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka The idea of creating characters was the one thing that kept me from jumping into fiction writing for, well, decades. One of the first writing lessons I heard …
The Writing Life: 3 Important Truths
by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka What do you do when your writing life doesn’t go as planned? I’m going to let you in on a secret. I might be a Starbucks queen. As …
13 Ways to Start the Year Strong
by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka Do you ever hit December 31 of a year and wonder how to start the year strong? There’s something about turning a page into a new year, of …