Because sometimes writers need a hug and sometimes we need a push …
… here’s one of each.
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Doing What You Love: An Ebook
I’m thrilled to announce the release of the second book in my Writing Life series, Doing What You Love. Based on one of my most popular talks, this inspiring ebook takes a look at the things I’ve learned through the years about living a creative life. While the focus is writing, it also applies to
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A Creative Conversation about Career Cycles
I had an amazing Creative Conversation with Janet Lee Carey about Career Cycles this week, where we talked about many of the things we often hesitate to discuss as writers: At some point, it also hit me that there were no guarantees as a writer and that success wasn’t as simple as just being intense
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Catch me at the Tucson Eastside Barnes and Noble Saturday, plus Library and Huntsman game news
Hope you’re all having a good summer! I finished my residency at the Pima County Public Library at the end of May. Before leaving entirely, I blogged about my time there: Libraries remain a place of refuge. Some writers came to me nervous about sharing their work and writing hopes. Others brimmed over with enthusiasm
You don’t have to
You don’t have to write fast You don’t have to write slow You don’t have to go in with a plan You don’t have to outline You don’t have to wait for the story to say where it wants to go You don’t have to write what they tell you to write You don’t have
Intensity, burnout, and regrouping
Jaye Wells and Tiffany Trent both have posts up this week about writers and burnout. (I totally agree with Jaye Wells on the importance of writers having hobbies, once writing ceases to be one. Writing professionally is one of the things that led me to become a serial hobbyist.) This got me to thinking about
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Writer’s block: short answers and long ones
“What do you do about writers block?” It’s a question writers get asked often. It’s also a subject on which writers are tempted to go the hard truths route on when they answer. When I was asked this question, I used to say something like, “Well, I don’t really get writer’s block. I just keep
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On writing and so-called hard truths
Today, as sometimes happens, I’ve been stumbling, unbidden, on writing posts on a theme. First, J.H. Moncrieff on the problems of writers telling one another that “Writers write”: “If nothing has ever stopped you from writing, you’re very, very lucky. You’re also a rarity.” Then, Terri Windling on hard times and some of the reasons
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Diversity and the stories we tell
Recently, in my search for diverse picture books and especially for books where my child could see other children who look like her in the illustrations, I came upon Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes. This beautifully written and illustrated book, for those who haven’t read it, introduces babies from around the world and
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Today’s dose of good feeling and general inspiration
I came upon this embedded into a five-year-old blog post of mine. Some things one doesn’t stop needing to hear: If you want to cry as well as smile, this longer version ends with a Jim Henson tribute. How many years has it been? (25, says Wikipedia.) I still miss his work and his presence
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