Q: How Do You Manage Your Time as a Full-Time Writer? + Free Worksheet!
Dear Jamie As a mother, wife, and writer, I’m sure you have to have developed some way to schedule your days to get some writing…
The #1 Thing You Need to Hit All Your 2016 Goals
Happy New Year and welcome to 2016! “New year, new you,” right? Ha! I wish it was that easy. If it was, I could just…
Giving Back to the Writing Community
Originally Posted on Thinking Through Our Fingers One of my absolute favorite things about being a writer is being a part of the writing community.…
Interview with Emily Wenzl of Literary Fort Collins
This week I had the pleasure of sitting down with Emily Wenzl who I met at my recent workshop to do an interview for her…
Your Character’s Manifesto
Last night, I finished reading The Summer of Skinny Dipping by Amanda Howells. It was a fun but deep book that left me thinking about…
Chasing Plot Bunnies
For writers, ideas are prevalent when we open our minds to them. Every time we come into contact with another human being, watch a TV…
Find Value in Your “Mistakes”
There are two types of writers–the ones who hate their work immediately, and the ones who hate their work eventually. Either way, it’s inevitable that…
Being Green: What It Means to Be a New Writer
I have something embarrassing to admit. Before I wrote my first novel, I thought you had to be a chosen one. Seriously. I thought it…