Getting Ready for NaNoWriMo

Happy Halloween! That’s crazy, isn’t it? It’s only the first week of October and already everything is suddenly Halloween crazy. Pumpkin spice everything is all around, you can’t escape it. But in the writing world, we are all looking to November and NaNoWriMo...

Planning, Journaling and Collaboration

With the start of October, we move into something I hadn’t realized existed—Planner Season! Apparently, October is the time when people start thinking about what planner they’re going to use the following year. They look at all of the offerings out there and decide...

Schedule Your Writing

As I get further in Accountability (yes, with a capital A), I’m thinking of all the things an author has to do to get themselves to sit down and finish the damned book. That is the goal, after all. That is the entire point. There are so many things that are stopping...

A Writer’s Journal

I’ve been learning a good deal recently about writing journal and writing planners. There’s a difference! A planner is a book where you have pre-designed organizing tools, like in my favorite Ultimate Author Planner by Audrey Hughey. In her planner, Audrey has...

The Lazy Person’s To Do List

How do you get things done? How do you remember what you need to do? I’ve always relied on to-do lists. My lists are usually a general list for the week and then a list of what needs to be done on a specific day. I put this in my calendar journal (I have a page which...