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2014 Goal Setting Re-Vamped
Last week, I went over the good, the bad, and the truth about 2013’s goals. Even though many things DID work, I’m always looking to make things much better. Because I found that so much can change in a year, I wanted to shorten the timeframe of some of…
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2013 A Year in Goals: The Good, The Bad, The Truth
Before I look ahead to 2014, I thought I should look back to 2013, what worked and what didn’t work in my writing life. Goals The Good: I created SMART goals for 2013. I liked setting up my goals this way because it helped me create tangible tasks for…
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Making Time to Write: PiBoIdMo Prep
November is quickly approaching and one really important thing I do in November? PIBOIDMO. Also known as Picture Book Idea Month. I don’t usually do NaNoWriMo—National Novel Writing Month—where one attempts to do an entire draft of a novel in the month of November. PiBoIdMo is more up…
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Making Time to Write: Acceptance, Not Excuses
We writers can come up with lots of excuses. Excuses not to write. Excuses for why we are too busy, too tired, too discouraged. Trust me, I’ve been whining about some of these excuses lately. I’ve had some days where I haven’t been able to write. At all. This…
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Your 100%
Monday nights are yoga nights. It’s the perfect day—the most stressful day of the week because I’m getting back into the swing of things. One of the things I most admire about my yoga teacher is that she really tries to make the class work at varying levels. It’s…
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MUD PIE DAY Wins the Children’s Writer Kindergarten Contest!
Children’s Writer Contest Win I recently received some very encouraging news. My story, MUD PIE DAY, won grand prize in the Children’s Writer Newsletter kindergarten story contest. If you’d like to read it, go to the Children’s Writer website. Click on Winner’s Gallery on the lefthand sidebar. From there…
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Writing Hacker Tip #2: Double Duty Reading
I love doing things efficiently, and I’m always looking for new ways to do more work in less time or at least do double duty with one task. I’m sharing some of my crazy writing hacker tips, and I hope you will share some with me too. Double Duty…
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Writing Hacker Tip #1: Researching the Market
I’m a big fan of learning tips for making jobs easier. I like reading through cool tips on LifeHacker or this packing post by Michael Hyatt. I’m a “behind the scenes” junkie. I want to know what works for people and why. While I may not do things exactly…
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Making Time to Write: Optimal Time for Writing
Is there a best time to write? When discussing the best time for writing with my writer friends, I find that each of us has our own pattern, our own optimal time. I think the best time to write is as individual as the writer. I know I’ve shared…
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Making Time to Write: Prepping for Busy Times
I don’t typically watch reality TV, but I have seen previews for the Doomsday Preppers shows (Note: I’ve never watched an episode). From what I understand, it shows people and how they prepare for impending fall of society as we know it. How much food do they grow and…
