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Welcome to summer, writer. This time of year for some of us it is VERY difficult to keep our butts in the chair for our writing projects. It’s been more than half a year since we gathered virtually for our Write That Book Already conference? How is your book coming?...
Writing Words That Matter
Words started revealing themselves as part of a democracy—the more widely and generously they were shared, the more power they held. That strangely enough, sometimes the simplest words could carry profound meaning.
Dear baby-writer: Go. Go. Go. Don’t stop!
I like to joke that the only sign I was meant to be a writer was all that bad poetry I wrote when I was young. This phase seemed to peak in my teens. Hard emotions percolated up to the surface right after a bad breakup or a bout of disillusionment over my disconnected...
How To Deal With Imposter Syndrome
Writer, EVERYONE feels like an imposter… until they don’t. The key to thriving in anything is to making sure your INNER CHAMPION, not your Inner Critic, is in leadership.
How To Eliminate Writer’s Block
Sometimes saying yes shakes up the story, opening up possibilities for a new scene. I trust the magic of the writing process.
It Took Me More than THREE Decades to Become an Author–YOU shouldn’t have to wait that long!
I was eight years old the first time I wrote a poem. That first little rhyming ditty was crafted in response to the massive emotions I felt standing next to the Pacific Ocean for the first time in my life. And I can STILL remember the relief—the utter RELEASE of...
Stuck? Staring at the Computer Wondering What to Say? It’s Not Too Late to Get Your Book Done with Us in 2021! We Can Get You Where You Want to Go!
“Writing is like going to the gym… It’s something you do by yourself. This program is a writing program, yes, but for me, since I was writing about trauma, it was therapy too. And I wasn’t alone on the journey.”Roger, TNP Graduate Writer, When I designed The Narrative...
Ready to Run (or shall I say, “Write”) Toward the Finish Line this Year?
Dear writer, I’ve taught hundreds of writers the FOUR PILLARS of SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION. When you know you have a book in you, but you don’t know how to GET IT DONE, you need systems—a drafting system, a system for revisions, a support system for the hard times, a...
Holy sh!t!!! These Writers are on Fire!
I am completely, totally, ridiculously excited to have just graduated 45 writers from our Ready, Set, Write! six-week deep-dive, where we looked at the FOUR PILLARS OF SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION to get these writers set up to write their books in 2021. Some amazing stories...
The Seven Steps for Crafting Your Writer Identity
As writers, we each have a unique writer identity: a public image we create and project as we establish our authorial voice and share it publicly. But how do we decide what it should be? And how do we nurture and cultivate it?
Supportive, Structured Critique Groups
those quivering first-timer critique-group days have long passed, and I’ve not only survived them, I’ve become a fan. Critique groups, the good ones, are the bomb. They seem especially helpful for writers like me who need the dynamic duo—support and accountability—to keep their creative motors running.
What Are You Waiting For?
Wow! This year is nearly over, dear ones. The STORY of 2020 will go down in history, n’est pas? This epic year has been full of hard, hard things. And I know that for many of you, as for me, it hasn’t just been the pandemic, the racial struggles and protests, and the...
