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Selecting Projects for 2025

I’ve said it repeatedly and I’ll say it again, I am not setting resolutions for 2025. Bu there are things that I need and want to work on. First things first, I have two contracts that I’ll have done by February. This is the time I always start to fidget. I only have two more … Continue reading Selecting Projects for 2025 →

Happy New Year! Take Time to Recharge

Happy New Year Everyone! Writing requires a lot of energy.  It’s easy to forget that because we aren’t physically lifting heavy loads.  Instead we do it intellectually and emotionally.  Because of this, and the fact that you are doing it in addition to family things, household things, and quite likely another job, it is important to … Continue reading Happy New Year! Take Time to Recharge →

Looking Back over 2024: My Top 10 Posts

2024 was a big writing year for me. I sent out a nonfiction proposal 18 times and had one nibble. I also wrote 16 work-for-hire books. In addition to that, I blogged here each weekday. Here are my top ten posts of the year in case you missed any of them or just want to … Continue reading Looking Back over 2024: My Top 10 Posts →

Choose Carefully: New Year’s Resolutions?

Sunday I read an really inspirational piece by Kelcey Ervick. In “Forget resolutions and words of the year. Choose a New Year’s Imperative instead,” Kelcey wrote about the power of imperatives to change her life. My first thought was that her imperatives are much like any word I might choose. One of my editors has … Continue reading Choose Carefully: New Year’s Resolutions? →

3 Things to Do When Overwhelmed by a Rewrite

In 2025, I’m going to be revising several manuscripts. One of them I haven’t looked at in months. The other has only been out of sight for about seven days, but it will be the second project I revise. These three things can help ensure rewrite success. First Review You can only rewrite what you’ve … Continue reading 3 Things to Do When Overwhelmed by a Rewrite →

Storystorm 2024: Here Come the Ideas!

Are you ready to start brainstorming writing ideas for 2025? Register for Storystorm on Tara Lazar’s blog. In addition to a great community of writers, there will be inspiration galore. And you can even by this sweet journal. I tend to have more writing ideas than I know what to do with. When I’m reading … Continue reading Storystorm 2024: Here Come the Ideas! →

Merry Christmas

Wishing all who celebrate a very Merry Christmas. See you tomorrow! –SueBE

Write Till Christmas: The Gift I Gave Myself

In October, I committed to Write Till Christmas. To review for those of you who may not have read earlier posts on this topic – my writing friend Kelly Sgroi started this program a year ago. The purpose of Write Till Christmas is to help you add to the word count of a project you’ve … Continue reading Write Till Christmas: The Gift I Gave Myself →

Do More Than Write

How does this look for a daily writing schedule? Apparently this was Ursula LeGuin’s daily practice. You could do worse! Yes, I know. I just wrote about being sure to take time off and how I’m going to push myself to take two days off a week. Sure, I may write my single page for … Continue reading Do More Than Write →

Cutting Back vs Setting Goals

I’ve been noodling over goal setting for 2025, but I’m noodling it over with the knowledge that I tend to set out far too much for myself to do. And it isn’t healthy. One thing that has helped me realize this is that someone I follow posted about why she will be working a four … Continue reading Cutting Back vs Setting Goals →