I Just Really Need to Tell You Something…
You’re not gonna screw this up. I know you think you will and you have all this noise in your head that says why even bother and who are you to write your novel and you’re just wasting your time. But...
View ArticleYes, I Write Everyday and I Don’t at All Understand Writers Who Don’t
The other day one of my hubs’ bandmates was hanging out at our apartment. We were just shooting the shit about whatever, as we usually do when he asked me a question that almost caught me by surprise....
View ArticleThere is Never Anything to Fix, You’re Perfect Exactly as You Are
I just made a seriously bold statement: that there’s never anything to fix because you’re perfect exactly as you are. An extremely bold statement. One that most people probably wouldn’t agree with me...
View ArticleWhen Was The Last Time You Actually Finished Something?
Over the weekend I wrapped up two big client projects. It felt good to get them finished and be able to call it done. And it got me thinking about finishing. If you’ve ever actually finished...
View ArticleThis is Why You Must do Your Work in the World
Between the senseless tragedy in Vegas, the unexpected death of the wife of my husband’s friend, and the loss of a musical icon, October 2 really gave us a lot to think about. My thoughts, as usual in...
View ArticleOne of the Best Things I’ve Ever Done for Myself is Spend Time with People...
I just got off a team call with one of my clients who’s in the middle of a launch right now. Her team is amazing and all of us think very similarly about life and business. Every time I spend an hour...
View ArticleYou Get to Make the Rules
The other day in my Bestselling Author Mastermind group one of the members posted a thread asking about how to best track the progress she’s been making on her revisions. She mentioned how many people...
View ArticleThe Five Most Common Issues Writers Have with Their Stories
I spend about a hundred hours a year reading writers’ manuscripts and doing content edits on their stories. I’ve seen it all–stories that ramble on for 400+ pages, never really getting to the point;...
View ArticleThe Different Types of Editors and What They Do
People are constantly reaching out to me to ask questions about my editing service. And I often find that writers are confused as to what they actually need and which type of editor is a fit for that...
View ArticleStop Looking Around and Worrying about if it’s Working or Not – The Results...
Yesterday my husband and I went to brunch at this badass local diner in Austin that’s open 24 hours and serves gluten-free pancakes and french toast and vegan cheese sauce (which is a dream for a...
View ArticleHaters Gonna Hate. And Haters Have a Place.
It was the Fall of 2009. I was a year into my story planning journey at that point and I still hadn’t published anything. But I was blogging about overcoming procrastination and sharing how things were...
View ArticleThere’s No Such Thing As Writer’s Block
I used to be the Queen Procrastinating Writer. I claimed writer’s block for years. I used it as an excuse not to do the writing I knew I wanted to be doing. But once I finally dug deeper into what was...
View ArticleWhy Every Writer Has a Nonfiction Book in Them
I work with a lot of fiction writers. In fact, fiction writers make up the majority of my community at this point. And a common complaint I hear from them is this: I can’t write nonfiction. While it’s...
View ArticleGive Yourself Permission to Write About Whatever You Want to Write About
I wrote my first nonfiction eBook in 2010. It was called, Butt-In-Chair: A No-Excuses Productivity Guide for Writers Who Struggle to Get Started. It came out on March 23, 2010 and it’s still, to this...
View ArticleNew Freebie: The Story Secrets Audio Series
I’ve been a story coach and content editor for almost a decade now. I’ve seen thousands of stories at all different stages, from just an idea to a draft that’s already been written and rewritten a few...
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