Tag Archives: motivation
Big Dreams and Realistic Expectations by Steph Beth Nickel
The Importance of Big Dreams As a new year dawns, it’s natural to set goals for the upcoming 12 months. It’s also natural if some of those goals are fueled by our big dreams. This year I discovered it’s essential that I dream big. If I don’t, I lack the motivation to persevere with everyday… Read more »
Writing When Life Gets Crazy by Jack Popjes
Shortly after I agreed to write this blog post on the topic “Writing When Life Gets Crazy,” it did. The saying “It never rains but it pours” is apt for my life right now. I received invitations to speak at 7 events taking place within 18 days. Our chronically ill youngest daughter took a turn… Read more »
I Don’t Believe in Writing — Pam Mytroen
I have always felt a little uncomfortable about calling myself a writer, partly because I don’t write full-time, but more because I felt the title constricted me. Calling myself a writer was a betrayal to my deeper calling. I am so much more than a writer. And so are you. I write, but I am… Read more »
Unimagined Blessings — Nikki Rosen
“Okay, young man. That’ll be twenty five cents.” Lesra: Twenty-five cent? Must not be much of a book.” [Movie: Hurricane Carter] Twenty-five cents for a book about a man’s life. Not much. But the boy, Lesra, bought it, went home and started to read. He couldn’t put the book down and when he finished, he wanted… Read more »
Me? A Writer? — Janice Dick
How do I become a writer? What are the qualifications? The short answer is: you become a writer by writing. Doesn’t matter what you write or whether or not you’re published. If you write, you are a writer. That’s the one non-negotiable qualification. The long answer goes beyond this simple explanation.
Writing Goals and Distractions — Janice Dick
I’ve come to my office to write. That’s the plan, but my actual behavior is often quite different from my intent: 9:30 AM Go upstairs to office 9:35 AM Tidy desk, clean up desktop, align folders. 9:45 AM Check emails (there might be a message from my agent or an editor, or even that contest… Read more »
Writers Read??? — Brenda Wood
Read! Not me!! “I am a writer,” I declared. So I slavishly struggled my words onto paper for years, feeling guilty every time I stopped for a relaxing reading break. Then someone told me writers need to read, read and read some more!
5 Reasons you should create your own writer’s notebook — Ruth L. Snyder
Every writer should have a notebook that goes everywhere with them and is used every day. Why? Here are my top five reasons: 1. To keep track of possible topics for stories or articles – Ideas come to writers at the strangest times and places. You could be sleeping, or walking down the sidewalk, or… Read more »
Measuring Success as a Writer — Brenda Wood
James Patterson just published his millionth book and Thomas Kinkade is selling paintings by the tons and then there is …us. What is the matter with us? Why isn’t our work broadcast around the globe? What are we doing wrong?