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When you LOVE to write, it sounds like a symphony!

Listening to music before writing is a superb way to “loosen” up and inspire your brain. This delightful video perfectly illustrates the rhythmical connection between the arts and makes me (somewhat) miss typewriters. View it before your writing session and  imagine yourself consistently “tapping out” your story, creating a pleasurable and productive writing session. Trust me, your brain will love this!

Website Challenge

I think I finally made it through my first website challenge, at least in terms of a WordPress website. Even with directions, I found it challenging to create three simple pages. I spent days looking at templates, managing mostly to confuse myself, and then opted for a simple, “free,” template, for three pages. I wanted to convince myself that I could master a simple template with three pages before going any bigger. I spent a good twelve hours getting these three pages launched, and I’m not even convinced that it should have a static “home” page. Anyway, the point of this post is to tell anyone who’s facing the same dilemma that if I can do it, you can!

Gearing Up for Publication

My latest book officially “pubs” October 19th, and I’m already awash in promotional efforts. I loved writing this book, even though it required extensive research into neuroscience and writing. Luckily, I had previously co-authored two books on neuroscience and had my former neuroscientist collaborator review everything before finalizing edits.

I’m happy to say that the book is chock full of practical advice for writers (all types of writers) and step by step (beginning, middle, ending) tools for writing a novel, or other work that requires a storytelling arc.

It’s now available for preorder on Amazon and other book selling sites, including Writer’s Digest, my publisher. I hope you’ll check it out, and sign up to receive future blogs, in which I’ll be inviting subscribers to “write along with me.”

Thanks for reading, and I hope you’ll join me on this journey to becoming a more creative, productive, and successful writer.