Reading time: Less than 5 minutes If you want to make more time for writing you’re going to need to learn how to say no…. Are you a pleaser and accommodator? Are the letters N and O foreign to your vocabulary? If so, I have bad news for you. You’re […]
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Reading time: About 5 minutes Are you working too hard? Part of the problem may be that you’re taking too much work home with you. Here’s how to leave your writing stress behind…. My husband and I both have busy, demanding jobs (in totally different fields) and it would be
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Do you faithfully follow your goals, even when the going gets tough? Or do you tend to give up rather easily? It might help you to learn how to make your writing resilient… Reading time: Just over 4 minutes Anyone who’s been on a diet — not that I’m endorsing
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Reading time: Just over 3 minutes Multi-tasking isn’t the good idea it’s often cracked up to be. But there are some especially important reasons why writers shouldn’t multi-task… I have a simple question I ask everyone I coach and it’s this: Do you let your computer collect your email for
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Reading time: About 4 minutes Did your mother ever say to you, ‘don’t try to be what you’re not’? It’s excellent advice for writers, as well…. If you want to succeed as a writer, the worst thing you can do is try to be something you’re not. Do you know what I
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Reading time: Less than 4 minutes Does the concept of rewarding yourself strike you as juvenile or frivolous? It’s not! Here’s why you should reward yourself for writing…. I once took an online writing course in which the leader encouraged us to give ourselves $2 a day for writing. I
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Reading time: Just over 4 minutes If overwork is not only getting you down but also making it difficult to write, don’t be a victim. Instead, take charge of the situation…. Are you feeling overworked? You may have this feeling with writing itself. Or, perhaps your regular day job is
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Reading time: About 3 minutes How does your writing life intersect with your sleeping one? In fact, how much sleep do writers need, anyway? How often do you hear that it’s just about mandatory to start writing earlier in the day? About 30 seconds of research showed me that a great
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Reading time: Less than 3 minutes This may sound crazy but if you want to reach your goals you may have to reduce them. Here are the benefits of beginning to reduce your writing goals… If you speak the ‘language’ of goals, you’ll understand there are all sorts of rules
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Reading time: About 3 minutes Join me this week as I take an important detour into the concept of protecting your health while you write. Contractors and nurses may need to take certain steps to prevent injury, but so do writers. And one of the biggest secrets is remembering to
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