Procrastination. If you are a procrastinator, you might delay writing tasks, including working on your manuscript, sending query letters to literary agents or publications, or marketing yourself and your work. No matter when or why you procrastinate, the impact is always the same—your productivity plummets, and your self-esteem, self-trust, and self-confidence decline. But throw a little necessity into the mix,…
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How to Stop Letting Imposter Syndrome Impact Your Writing Career
Do you believe you aren’t really a writer or author or don’t have the expertise or experience to write and publish your work? It’s time to change the beliefs that make you feel like an imposter. After all, you already realize that Imposter Syndrome negatively impacts your writing career. Imposter Syndrome is a psychological phenomenon where someone feels like a…
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Why Your New Year Writing Goals May Fail to Get Results
Every December, writers around the world do the same thing. They set new writing goals. Sometimes, they even set the same goals as the year before. Why? Because they never achieved them. Like them, you may have had good intentions to get different results in the new year. And you’ve had that intention year after year after year. Why do…
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How to Take Control of Your Nonfiction Writing Career
Nonfiction writers who long for a traditional publishing deal or a byline in a national magazine often feel they can’t control these outcomes. Achieving their goals seems dependent upon gatekeepers, like agents, publishers, or editors, to open the gate and allow them in. However, you can—and must—take control of your career to become a published writer. I have been published…
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3 Ways to Remove Your Obstacle to Becoming an Author
One thing stands between you and becoming an author—you. Only you can remove that obstacle. How do you do that? Take responsibility for yourself. Commit to becoming an author. Develop the necessary mindsets and habits. Take Responsibility for Yourself I know you have lots of reasons for not becoming an author. You believe you don’t have time or have too…
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