See it, to achieve it.
On writing
Dear Writer Friends, So, you are making the time. You are sitting down at your desk, bichoktam. You are doing the work. You honor your writing time and do what ... Read more
Commit, and slay those focus vampire habits!
On writing
Dear writer friend, Last week I paid attention to the amount of time I spend thinking about getting started writing during the time I’ve committed to writing. It’s a lot. ... Read more
January 11–17 2021. Focus on what you did; Put down your phone; Call for reinforcements
A Room Of Your Own, Inspiration
Dear Writer Friend, Here we are again at the start of another week. It might be tempting to look back at your goals last week and notice what you didn’t ... Read more
Happy new year, writer friends! How are you making time in 2021?
On writing
Purpose. It’s been a pandemic since I last wrote here. I started this blog as a way for me to crystalize my own craft insights and to inspire others ... Read more
It’s really tempting to just binge-watch and eat all day.
A Room Of Your Own, Be here now., On writing
It’s really tempting to binge watch and eat all day while scrolling through all the distractions on my phone. One second another breaking news alert about the death toll or ... Read more
I love the feeling when a new story starts to take shape…
Inspiration, On writing
I wrote the prologue of my new story last week. It’s maybe 1000 words, maybe not even, and I know I will need to go back to it. It took ... Read more
Make Time in 2020.
Inspiration, On writing
The Dark Side of Grit It’s been almost a year since I last posted to this blog. Things had gotten to the point that if I had any time to ... Read more
Write slowly.
Inspiration, On writing
The cult of speedy writers. There is a lot of hype out there tying triumph in writing to your ability to write fast. Success in self-publishing seems to have more ... Read more
Building Igloos
A Room Of Your Own
The Igloo Story When I was fifteen or so I built an igloo in the snow. We were having Thanksgiving (or was it Christmas?) in Yakima at my aunt’s house. ... Read more
30 Things To Do Before You Sit Down To Write
Listicle
Re-read old stories you wrote years ago and consider fixing them. Organize all the pens on your desk by color or type of pen and then fan them out into ... Read more