Who Needs Discipline Anyway?

Writers don’t need discipline, do they? Not according to one well known author. In one of my favorite writing books (Escaping into the Open: The Art of Writing True by Elizabeth Berg), there’s a chapter on writing myths that the author says you should ignore. I was reading the list and nodding and “Amen!”-ing my […]

Regaining Clear Vision

The end of June is a month of reckoning. And I’m not satisfied–not even close–with what I’ve accomplished the first half of this year. I’m great at making goals, writing them down, setting deadlines, posting them on my bulletin board, and getting to work. Until fairly recently, I was also very good at accomplishing whatever […]

A F*R*E*E Course on Creativity

After blogging just once per week for five months, I’ve decided that this frequency isn’t often enough to share what I want to share. I plan to go back to blogging here twice a week. On Tuesdays I will discuss some “first aid help for writers” topic. On Fridays I plan to give you resources […]