For in-depth looks at writing craft and long-term writing survival, check out Finding Your Sense of Place and Doing What You Love, the first two volumes of my Writing Life series.
For other writers takes on long-term writing survival, check out the Writing for the Long Haul series that I edited.
I’ve also written about writing as both a blogger on my own website and a guest blogger elsewhere. For shorter snippets of insight and inspiration, check out the linked articles below.
- “Setbacks and the Writing Journey,” Cynsations, Dec 12, 2017
- “Intensity, Burnout, and Regrouping: A Creative Conversation with Janet Lee Carey,” JanetLeeCarey.com, Jun 1, 2016
- “You Don’t Have To,” personal blog post, April 26, 2016
- “What’s in a Critique? Pushing vs. Support, Confidence vs. Criticism,” personal blog post, Jun 17, 2015
- “Learning in Leaps,” Read Like a Writer, Jun 16, 2015
- “Writers Block: Short Answers and Long Ones,” personal blog post, Nov 16, 2015
- “On Writing and So-Called Hard Truths,” personal blog post, Nov 14, 2015
- “On the Nature of Dreams,” personal blog post, Oct 14, 2013
- “The ‘After’ Moment in Stories,” personal blog post, Sep 16, 2013
- “Doing the ‘You’ Things,” personal blog post, Sep 12, 2013
- “Writing for the Long Haul: Reflections,” personal blog post, Aug 5, 2013
- “Beyond Suckiness: The Anatomy of Learning Curves,” personal blog post, June 26, 2013
- “Talking With my Characters,” Not Yet Read, Jun 20, 2013
- “Researching Fantastical Fiction,” Cynsations, May 29, 2013
- “Honoring Your Practice, Honoring Your Process,” personal blog post, Aug 6, 2012
- “On Filling the Writing Well,” personal blog post, May 6, 2013
- “Love, Perfection, and Books,” Cynsations, June 19, 2012; reprinted in Blank Page, December 17, 2020
- “The Ways We Struggle: Letting Go,” MeganCrewe.com, May 11, 2012
- “Running Away to Bordertown,” Tor.com, Apr 13, 2012
- “Writing Your Way,” Cynsations, June 17, 2011; reprinted in Blank Page, January 18, 2021
- “Iceland’s Land and Lore,”Realms of Fantasy, Feb 2008; Journal of the Mythic Arts, Aug 2008
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