Seven Tips for Getting Past Depression and Discouragement and Back to Joyous and Passionate Writing Today Iām depressed.Ā Iām dejected.Ā Iām discouraged.Ā Iāve had trouble getting the contributions I need for the book Iām compiling and which must be completed in a few weeks.Ā When my new book contract didnāt arrive after three months of waiting, I contacted the publisher.Ā …
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Editing for Word Count Improves Your Writing
I tend to be a fairly verbose writer. My husband actually calls me āThe Queen of Verbosity.ā Yes, I can write a lot in a short amount of time. I admit it. When Iām working on assignment, I often find that I have exceeded my 1, 500-word article requirement, for example, by at least double ā if not triple the…
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Polish Your Writing in May
Anyone want to polish their writing in May? Ā Join me for 4-week teleseminar sponsored by The Institute for Radical Forgiveness. You can find all the details here. Also, if you are interested in increasing your platform via joint-venture publishing, consider this course and/or submitting a chapter to one of Colin Tipping’s upcoming joint-venture publishing projects. He’s sold over 115,000 copies…
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Tips for Inducing Labor When Your Words Don’t Want to Be Born
For a writer, sometimes getting started represents the hardest part of the writing process. Getting that first word or sentence out onto the paper or screen can feel like trying to give birth to a breach baby. For me, itās the lead to an article or the first paragraph or two of an essay or of a chapter that feels…
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Tips for Authors Doing Radio Interviews
In early March I traveled to Connecticut to do two talks related to two of my book projects. As part of that trip, I managed to land two radio interviews. Although I do a monthly podcast on Conversations with Mrs. Claus, I don’t have much experience with radio interviews. Really, I’m a writer more than a speaker, which I think…
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