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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 5.8.24

Words for writers from Stephen King

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 4/24/24

Words for writers from Shirley Jackson

 

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 4.17.24

Words for writers from Octavia Butler

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The Writer Life—Guest Post by Dawn Reno Langley

Dawn Reno Langley

I’ve been a writer for so long that I don’t have any idea what it is to not be one.

For me, a writer’s life means spending a lot of time in front of a computer screen trying to imbibe life into words that another person will read and understand. Or use.

Living a writer’s life means often being frustrated that the words I struggle to produce every day stall at the proverbial publisher’s door. In my version of a writer’s life, I’ve experienced thousands of rejections. If I were t...

Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 4.10.24

Words for writers from Arthur Schopenhauer

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Thoughts on writing and life for April 2024

Just a few thoughts on why we can’t let our creativity be eclipsed by others or our own self-doubt.

This is an edited excerpt from my April 2024 newsletter, The Writing Life. (Subscribe here.)

You can also listen to it on my Living the Writing Life podcast or wherever you get your podcasts.

Photo by Good Free Photos

I want to talk about the eclipse. No, not the recent solar eclipse, but another kind of eclipse: the kind that happens when your creative light gets blocked by someone or something....

Latest deals for my novels

Just wanted to share some special news about my two Midlife Moxie Novels!

I've discounted the FINDING FRAN eBook to $2.99 for a limited time on all retail sites!



I also have a special deal for REINVENTING RITA when you buy the paperback from the BookBaby Bookshop. Use code MOTHERSDAY24 and you get $3 off the retail price! (This deal ends 5/12/24). Here's the link: https://store.bookbaby.com/book/reinv...


By the way, if you subscribe to my newsletter, Nancy's Book News https://www.nancychristie.com/ (watch for the popup on my website), you'll get even more deals on my books!

It's all part of my joint celebration of the one-year birthday for REINVENTING RITA and the release of FINDING FRAN!

Have you read either book? I'd love it if you'd post a review on Goodreads!

Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 4.3.24

Words for writers from Virginia Woolf

 

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Wednesday Writing Inspiration for 3.27.24

Words for writers from Nadine Gordimer

 

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Getting It Together Before You’re Gone: Estate Planning Tips for Authors and Freelancers

Tips for estate planning to make it easy on your heirs

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Have you thought about what your heirs or executors need to know about your writing business when you’re no longer around, when the fickle finger of Fate hits the delete key and you vanish into the vast unknown?

I have always considered myself a fairly proactive person, someone who plans for the future and has everything organized to make it easier for those left behind.

But when I was reviewing my will and...