Category: moving through negativity

What do you know?

I was sitting at a table with a senior editor from Penguin. She’d been asking me questions about some of the books ideas I had pitched her. As I told her about one of my ideas she asked me, “How do you know that.” “I just do,” I replied. She just nodded. I thought maybe [...]

How to Reignite Your Fire When You Feel Burned Out

For the last few weeks I’ve been having trouble getting motivated. Not a good thing as I move into one of the busiest and most important times in my career as a writer and author. My book will be released next month, and I have a ton of work to do accomplish to promote it. [...]

Is Your Attitude Preventing You From Getting Published?

I speak to and with aspiring authors almost every day. They all share the dream of becoming published authors. What stops them? If I ask them they will tell me the following: “I can’t seem to get my book written.” “I don’t have an agent.” “I received 20 rejections from publishers.” “I don’t have an [...]

6 Things to Do When Things Go Wrong

I’m writing today’s post as much for myself as for you. I had a bad day. Some things went terribly wrong. This upset me, depressed me, made me feel not good enough, worried, and concerned that my project might not succeed. We writers, like other artists, have to be ready to face bad days. They [...]