I have a lot to do today. My brain is tired. My body is tired. My bed is calling my name. It’s hard to feel excited, motivated, or inspired at the end (or even beginning) of a busy day with a lot of scary tasks on the docket. With that in mind, I thought I’d…
Category: Life
Advice for Writers: Rest with Purpose
How do you program rest into your schedule, and how do you like to make the most of it?
Your First Draft Isn’t Scary
The first draft of your novel and the final draft will probably look nothing alike. You will go through several drafts. You will change a lot of elements. The story you finish with may be entirely different from the story you originally set out to tell. And those are all good things. The first race…
Finding Courage
“I’d love to do that, but I’m too nervous.” “I just don’t think I’m good enough.” “Maybe one day.” I think we’re all guilty of this bad habit sooner or later: we see people doing something we want to do, and we assume they’re braver, tougher, more competent than we are, and thus that ‘something’…