Self-Acceptance: A Hard-Fought Battle, Even for Accomplished Authors
Rebecca says: I’m excited today to be able to introduce you all to Nava Atlas, a talented writer who is blog touring this month and through April with the fantastic ladies of WOW! Women on Writing....
View Article20 Creative Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
Writer’s block is the bane of anyone and everyone who writes. You’ll be cruising through a story, your words are flowing nicely, until suddenly you’ve hit the brakes and can’t restart the engine. Most...
View ArticleReturn To Writing – End Your Writing Hiatus Today!
Yesterday, I posted a comment to the forlorn-looking Crafting Fiction Page on Facebook. The page is forlorn-looking because I’ve been on hiatus (for the most part) for several months. While I have...
View ArticleOn Having A Bad Day; And The Writing.
I’m having a bad day which makes it particularly terrifying to consider writing. I can’t help but wonder how much of my writing might become influenced by my mood. Because I’m feeling resentful,...
View ArticleWhat Is a Writer?
by Moira Allen You want to write, but you don’t. Or perhaps you start, but can’t bring yourself to finish, leaving a dozen promising articles or stories in various stages of incompletion. Or perhaps...
View ArticleOn Momentum and Opposing Forces
The end of another day is rolling around. It’s 9.40pm and, as I look back on the day, I know I’ve had a good one. I spent a fantastic hour and a half talk with a children’s book author, Sioban Timmer,...
View ArticleThey Tell You It Gets Easier. They Lie.
Restless and unsettled. That’s how I’m feeling tonight. I’ve had one of those days where there is plenty to do and I’m making progress, but it’s all in fits and starts. I’m working on preparations for...
View ArticleGoing Into The Dark: Writing The Scenes Your Whole Being Cries Out To Avoid
I had a hard scene to write tonight and my Resistance to it was so great that I was crying my eyes out at the Muse arguing about having to write it the way They demanded. I’m terrified of this scene,...
View ArticleThe Secret Uncertainties of a Writer
You know something? The inner critic is mean. It loves to play on existing insecurities and drill into them as if debriding an open wound. It digs and hacks away at the flesh in those weakest parts of...
View ArticleOne Single Word To Define 2016
I’m trying to streamline and plan so that I can be more efficient and productive in 2016. With a new year coming upon us soon, can you think of one single word that could define what you hope to...
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