Lately I’ve been hearing from a lot of writers who are afraid about starting a blog. This surprises me. First, doesn’t every writer have a blog? If no, why on earth not? But that’s a discussion for another day. About the hesitation in starting a blog, the thing I’m hearing is that they’re worried is [...]
On Creating the Blueprint, and Then Revising It
June 3, 2013 by Leave a Comment
When living a creative business life (note the oxymoron there), I think it’s important to know exactly what you want and then create your blueprint for it. Tweet
Stuff I Love: 10 Things I’m Just Obsessed With
May 20, 2013 by 4 Comments
Do you ever get obsessed with something? Like you love it so much you just can’t get enough? I’ve got a few of those types of things marching their way through my life. Tweet
Have I Told You Lately?
May 9, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Do you know how much you mean to me? Yes, I mean you. The readers that take time to read my stuff, comment, send me notes, and buy my stuff. I’m grateful to you. Tweet
You Need to Balance Marketing With Writing
March 21, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I mentioned recently that I just discovered this fun feature from Amazon Kindle which allows you see which parts of your book are highlighted most often by readers. It’s great information for a writer, because it allows you to see what people take away, and what types of information they’re looking for. Most of the [...]
It Takes Time
March 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I was thinking about style recently. Mine and yours. Writing styles. Painting styles. Even personal fashion styles. It takes time to build and figure out who you are. It takes time to sit with your style a while and see if it feels good on your soul. My writing style came about first from writing [...]
February Snow
February 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Well February had to put her two cents in before she left us. We got several inches over the last couple of days. Tweet
Embrace Your Strengths
February 4, 2013 by Leave a Comment
There are two schools of thought. One is that you should stretch beyond your comfort zone and do things you wouldn’t normally do. In other words, if you’re not good at something, keep practicing and you’ll get better. Tweet
Favorite Moments of 2012
January 28, 2013 by 2 Comments
If you’ve read this blog for any length of time, you’ll notice that I do a yearly wrap up post where I talk about favorite moments of the past year. Tweet
So Says the Poetry Geek
January 22, 2013 by 2 Comments
Poetry geek. That’s me. But it’s not like I know and have read all the poets. Tweet
