Welcome December! Does the holiday season stress you out? It does me! It’s bad enough to have all those special book events on my platter – book sales, holiday stories to write for my newsletter followers, bookish gifts to distribute, … Continue reading 28 Strategies to Combat Holiday Stress for Writers
Imagination is the mental manipulation of all our inner thoughts and ideas. We see it develop in young children when they pick up a banana and pretend it is a telephone or make up a story about a green dragon … Continue reading Unlock Your Creativity: Harnessing the Power of Visualization
Writing is an adventure with a destination. To write freely and creatively a writer needs to have a clear mind, inner joy, and a path to travel. Here are some steps to take on your trip.
Do you have trouble maintaining your focus while writing? Are you easily distracted by things around you? Try the habit-changing Magic Jar. Continue reading Improve Your Focus: Try the Writer’s Magic Bowl
Working within limitations actually forces our brains to solve problems more creatively. Continue reading A Creative Focus for 2021
~ Make it Beautiful ! Organizing is something you do before you do something, so when you do it, it is not all mixed up. ~ A.A. Milne Last month, while pondering my Big Word FOCUS, I learned that maintaining one’s … Continue reading Organize and De-Clutter Your Writing Zone
~ Becoming a Focused Writer ~ Being able to focus is always an issue for a creative writer. No one is telling you what story world to invent nor how to get yourself in the seat, start writing, and then … Continue reading How I Learned to Focus
I love to read. In fact, I don’t just love it– I am compelled to read. I read everything. If there is a newspaper in the recycle bin, I read it. If there is a cereal box on the table, … Continue reading I love to read: Why reading during NaNoWri is a bad Idea
