Do any of you wonder how others do it? How do they find time to write? I’m incredibly busy, as I’m sure you are; yet people are successful at writing. …
Do What You’re Afraid to Do
It appears that one of my favorite songs in The Sound of Music is the song Julie Andrews liked least of all. The Sound of Music. What a story, with Julie …
Writing When You’re Sick and Tired … and on Deadline
You’ve heard the term “perfect storm,” right? Just so we’re all on the same page, let me define it for you: a perfect storm is a particularly bad or critical state …
Dream a Little Dream with Me
We all need to dream.
And I’m learning, over and over, how much we need to share our dreams with others.
It can get lonely, dreaming all by myself. When someone else is willing to dream my little dream with me . . . Ah! How that refreshes my soul. How it instills hope into my wilted dream.
Two Tips to Get Past “I Can’t Write”
I’m on deadline.
What that means is, writing is mandatory for me. I have a title for my manuscript. A word count. Most importantly, I have a due date. And yes, barring some unforseen catastrophe such as an alien invasion or Godzilla rampaging through Colorado Springs, I will meet my deadline. (I am not thinking about any real disasters that can happen to writers everywhere.)
But let me honest with you: there are days I don’t feel like writing.
I write anyway.