What happens when the demands of life get in the way of your desire to write?

How can you fit writing time in when you're so busy?

Short answer: It depends. (I know.)

Medium answer?

1. When your day is crazy full and compact, you can't fit in writing time.

2. Sometimes, you really shouldn't try...

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 Rules. I did it again f...

What if I’m not good enough?

Is this story too unoriginal?

What if people hate my story? 

We’ve all experienced these spiraling thoughts at some point in our writing journey. Anxiety roars its ugly head and tries to get in the way of accomplishing your writing goals. 

There are so many proven te...

• Have you found yourself pushing yourself to finish that last round of edits even though you’re so exhausted?
• Are you overwhelmed by the deadlines that no one but you created?
• Do you find yourself wanting to write but when you sit down, you can’t find the words?
• Do you compare your capacity to w...

Do you dwell in Possibility, too?

For me, it's currently a Monday afternoon, when I'm usually cranking out tasks straight out of the gate because I've given my chance to really rest on the weekends. I'm extremely protective of my weekends - that is sacred time; fill your cup time, and you can't creat...