Sitemap - 2023 - Your Weekly Writing Exercise
Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Setting Goals You'll Actually Want to Keep
Get Yourself Booked on Podcasts!
First Sunday Q&A: What Draws a Reader to Actually Buy/Read My Book?
From Marathon to Daily Miles: Transitioning Back to Practice
Making a Satisfaction List for Your Writing Life/Business
Getting to the Meaningful Heart of Your Story
Doing What You're Most Scared Of
Join Me on Friday, November 10, 7:00 p.m. eastern, for My Book Launch on Zoom!
First Sunday Q&A: A Different Way to Move through Rejection and Discouragement
Finding Your Writing Practice Again After Publishing
It's Here! A Special Birthday Gift for You Lovely Subscribers
You're Invited! My Book Launch Party at Open Book, Minneapolis
Coming in November: "First Sunday" Q&A for Paid Subscribers
How To Be in the World with Your Book
What I've Been Learning about Outreach
Celebrating 3000 Subscribers and My Book's Birthday Month with 20% Off Paid Subscriptions
Writing Outside "Accepted Boundaries"
Breaking Out of the Box: Options for More Control in Publishing Today
Tapping into Your History to Create Great Characters
Why a Strong Book Cover Matters
Creating a Launch Team: Who Will Be Your Book Doulas?
Freeing Yourself from Your Own Legacy as a Writer
Creating Safe Boundaries When You're Creating
Building Your Best Community as a Writer
Delight and Danger of Creative Chaos
Who Am I Actually Writing This For?
The Angst of Finding a Great Book Title
Writing What Matters Most to You
The Freedom of Unanswered Questions
It's All Too Much! (Risk, That Is)
What Works When Sharing Your Work?
Good News for Older Women Writers: Your Age Is a Bonus!
Personal Narrative--What You (and Your Book) Are Trying to Say
Rituals for Writing--The Relief of No Choice
Detail That Matters and Detail That Doesn't--What's Too Much, What's Not Enough?
Finding Character in Landscape--Working with Reflective Surfaces in Setting to Enhance Emotion
How to Find a Writing Group or Publishing Partner Online
Three Tools for Getting through the Post-New Year's Resolution Slump
Pros and Cons of Present Tense versus Past
Mix It Up--A Sweet, Simple Recipe to Break the Block (Inspired by Alison McGhee)
Jealousy and Envy in the Writing Life (Does This Happen to You?)
Researching Your Characters--Real or Imagined
It Ain't Over Til It's Over--The Unfolding of a Story (and How to Hang In There)
Referrals--The Networking of the Publishing Industry
Five Gates You May Encounter as You Plan, Write, and Develop Your Book
The Surprising Benefits of "Download" Writing Every Day
Revision Checklists--Super Handy Tools for the Final Stages of Your Book Project
What Are You Reading Right Now? (And Why That Question Is Vital to Your Book)
Writing a Series--If You're Called to Connected Stories, Some Important Tips