Writing Ritual vs. Routine

Writing Ritual vs. Routine

by | Jun 15, 2025 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

If you write every morning for half an hour before work, you’ve got a writing routine. Do you decide on a weekly goal to write so many words? That would be a writing routine. Do you tell yourself that you’re going to get a scene written every day and then do so?...
The importance of speed

The importance of speed

by | Jun 8, 2025 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

I use Comcast as my internet provider. Recently, they emailed me (perhaps you got it too?) telling me that the internet speed I pay for is more than my modem can handle. So I’m paying for 1 gbps, but only getting a fraction of that because my modem is too old...
When do you write?

When do you write?

by | Apr 27, 2025 | Blog, Life, Method, Writing

 I’m sure I’ve written on this topic before, but somehow, I can’t find it, and if I can’t find it, that means that you can’t find it. So, I’ll tackle it again. I’ve been thinking about this recently because I’ve been swamped with Other Work (i.e. editing, formatting,...
Succeeding

Succeeding

by | Apr 13, 2025 | Blog, Business of Writing, Life, Writing

How do you know when you’ve made it? How do you know when you have succeeded? What is your definition of success? This can be with anything in your life: your marriage, your full-time job, your tennis game, whatever! But, of course, what I’m talking about right now is...
Make This List

Make This List

by | Jan 12, 2025 | Blog, Life

With the new year, a favorite thing for many to do is to pause and look back at the previous year. The end of December is filled with lists of things that have happened, people who have left us, fashions that have come and gone, even new words and phrases that have...
Writing Through Reality

Writing Through Reality

by | Nov 10, 2024 | Blog, Life, Writing

No matter what your feelings are toward current events in the US, we are all feeling something. Some are happy and hopeful, some distraught and scared of what will happen in the future. But the most important question is whether you are going to allow this to affect...