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Jump into a Creative and Productive New Year

by Sonia Simone Source link Happy new year! I hope your holidays were good and that you’ve managed to re-find some semblance of your routine. (Or maybe even some cool new routines.) On Tuesday this week, Stefanie Flaxman gave us seven ideas for how to thrill your boss, editor, or clients with your writing professionalism.s

[P] – Marriage

More than once I heard Linda and Eddie going back and forth  About household chores and how they’re supposed to be divided evenly.   Rarely did Eddie do the dishes without being asked, but he always took out the trash    Rain or shine, and made sure the dog was fed.     I do other things, he says,s

Weekend Reading: 10 Posts on Getting Started in Freelance Writing

by Jennifer Mattern Source link Starting this week, I’m bringing back the Friday “weekend reading” post series. These will include around ten links to articles I recommend reading, all focused around a specific theme. Normally those will be off-site resources. But to kick things off, at the start of each month, I’ll share resources froms

How to ensure this is the year you get an agent

by WW Office Source link Those first few days of January make everything seems possible. Finishing your book. Getting a literary agent. Then, by mid-January, something will happen that will make that seem less doable. It’s usually something life-related, but it can also be hitting a wall … Continue reading → —————————————————- Take a second to helps

Being a fiction writing coach: 5 valuable lessons

by Jordan Source link Being a fiction writing coach gives daily insights into the common and different struggles aspiring authors face. It also helps us find solutions we can apply to challenges in our own creative work. Here are 5 valuable lessons we’ve learned through working with diverse writers: 1. Beckett was right about habits

Flog a BookBubber 120: Cindy Swanson

by Ray Rhamey Source link Writers, send your prologue/first chapter to FtQ for a “flogging” critique. Email as an attachment. Many of the folks who utilize BookBub are self-published, and because we hear over and over the need for self-published authors to have their work edited, it’s educational to take a hard look at theirs

Awards Eligibility Post, 2017

by terribleminds Source link I’m told now is the time to get those awards eligibility posts out there, and I don’t usually do these, but I’ve had a few people ask, so here we are. I have complicated feelings about awards and eligibility posts — from me, not from you — because I like to think,s

Do This Crazy Thing to be an Inspired Writer Now!

by Bryan Hutchinson Source link Life is too short to wait to be inspired. You could wait all your life for the perfect moment―the perfect inspiration to create your masterpiece. But what if it never… —————————————————- Take a second to help us out on Patreon. Every bit helps!

How to Stop Procrastinating that Post, Article, or Book

by Anne Wayman Source link Want to stop procrastinating that book, article or post you’ve been thinking of writing? I’ll tell you – stop reading this post and start writing! I can hear you groaning. I can hear you saying, “That’s not fair. I’m not procrastinating. I have reasons I’m not writing it.” Sure yous

A Hunger Artist

by Michael Davis Source link Caleb was a smart, funny, middle-aged real estate salesman who dressed well and seemed amused by the world.  He sat apart in my Shakespeare seminar, every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon, shrouded in the kind of invisibility that accompanies older, returning, so-called “non-traditional” college students.  The rest of the class, earlys