Quill & Cup Blog: Sharpen Your Quill & Fill Your Cup

Not satisfied with your writing progress? Here's something that can help. accountability encouragement hedgie house experience mamawriter mindset for writers moms who write prickle time writer mom Mar 28, 2024

Several weeks back, I had an epiphany – I can DECIDE to be happy with my progress as a writer.
As a SAHM of two – a homeschooled six year old and a three year old - I am not prone to being satisfied with how much I get to write. But I am learning to prioritize writing to the point that...

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THIS will turn writer disappointment into determination accountability encouragement hedgie house experience imposter syndrome help mindset for writers motivation prickle time tools for writers writing tips Mar 26, 2024

We all know the feeling of looking back at our monthly goals and feeling that pang of disappointment when we realize we didn’t accomplish as much as we’d hoped. When that happens, how can you motivate yourself to write?

But what if we could turn that disappointment into determination...

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4 Things to Know for NaNoWriMo (+ bonus tips!) encouragement hedgie house experience imposter syndrome help prickle time writing process writing tips Oct 30, 2023

National Novel Writing Month, lovingly referred to as NaNoWriMo, is just around the corner!

Before you dive in, I have some thoughts on the subject…

I took part in this “structured stress” challenge back in November 2016 when I wrote the first 50k of what became The Cromwell...

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Happy 2nd Birthday, Quill & Cup! about hedgie house experience testimonial Jul 05, 2023

This week marks 2 years since - legend has it - @quillandcup founders Ania and Cody [Ray] sat down on the other side of the world and decided to take a leap of faith in their lives. I'm not sure they quite intended that leap to cover the entirety of the North Atlantic Ocean, to reach...

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