There must be a sizeable chunk of text devoted to writing around family interference in No Plot? No Problem!–and if not, you’ll find it in other books. Also on other blogs, like posts about maintaining creative routines during the holidays over at The Writing Life. I really like her suggestions, because they emphasize flexibility and address
Personal Growth
Rejection: “Getting Over It”
Oh, sure. Just get over it. I bet it’s as easy as it sounds. I’ll say this: rejection is easier now than when I was 17. I did not know how to take rejection when I was 17. Sometimes I’m amazed that I even tried to publish more than once. My experience with trying to
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National Novel Writing Month
Nanowrimo for the Anxious: Planning the Process
I’m new here (hi!) and so is this blog. National Novel Writing Month is coming up fast. For various reasons, I want to join the insanity. I’ve been writing original and fan fiction for years, sometimes even in public, and I’ve done Nanowrimo several times, not always successfully. But Nanowrimo doesn’t free me like it’s