Oct 18, 2019
The difference between drinking tea and tasting tea is taking a moment to appreciate the brew. It is a choice you make the moment you close your eyes to immerse yourself in the experience, however brief. A cup of tea or a coffee, a glass of whisky, a clear sky on a...
Oct 16, 2019
You are a reasonable person. After all, you’ve given your beliefs careful consideration; you thought long and hard about where to draw the line. Argh, if only other people saw what’s really important. Okay, sometimes you overreact and get into an argument with your...
Oct 12, 2019
Have you ever caught yourself pausing over a passage, an idea, or something a character was about to say, and thinking to yourself: “What if my family reads this? It’s too personal… What will they think of me?” “What if my writing offends people? Will they think this...
Oct 11, 2019
Two Schools of Marketing for Writers Marketing-wise, I am no archmage marketer, but I've been trying to figure out how to approach the online presence of my editing business. I came across two distinct schools of thought as I studied the topic. School #1 tells you...
Sep 25, 2019
When you’re in the zone, great writing flows seamlessly from your brain and out through your fingertips. But when you feel stuck, anything you type looks like rubbish. You see your bad writing, and your mind goes, “Something not right. We need to stop now and fix it.”...
Sep 20, 2019
Let’s run an experiment. I bet a flopped article that: You’re over thirty, a reasonably responsible adult, who, between your day job, family, and friends, struggles to find enough time to write. You’re not from a rich family. You got where you are through hard...
