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Looking Back, Looking Ahead: Setting Goals You'll Actually Want to Keep

Get Yourself Booked on Podcasts!

Are Your Characters Embodied?

Writing a Good Villain

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

Happy Thanksgiving week! A little gift for you--my thank-you for being part of the Your Weekly Writing Exercise community

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

Creative Uncertainty

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

Between My Usual Friday Posts

Finding a Voice for 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"

Making a Movie of Your Book

Breaking Out of the Box: Options for More Control in Publishing Today

Playing the Agent Game

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

What to Address First

The Freedom of Unanswered Questions

It's All Too Much! (Risk, That Is)

What Works When Sharing Your Work?

Coming soon

Bringing Authenticity into Your Writing: The Challenges and the Benefits of One Writer's Journey with His Memoir

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