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Writers Unbound - Sep 16, 2008
Procrastination + Perfectionism = Nothing Gets Done. Imperfect progress realized is better than perfection imagined. No comparing. Comparison is never helpful; it just makes me think I can never achieve what I’m …
Also tagged: productivity, tuesday tips
Writers Unbound - Aug 27, 2008
I harp on reading often. Writing and reading are like cooking and eating. You can’t be a great cook if you don’t enjoy the flip-side pleasure of savoring a well-prepared meal. The two are one, and often it is a love …
Also tagged: books, fiction, style and 38 technique
Writers Unbound - Aug 15, 2008
1. Create. 2. Refill. 3. Offer. So here I am, sitting in my office at home, or, somedays, trying to get comfortable on that hard chair at the cafe. I pull up my email, read through messages, reply to a few, follow a …
Also tagged: productivity, writing business, prolific writing
Writers Unbound - Jun 6, 2008
Over My Head I typed in a big topic for my post today: Professionalism in Work and in Life. Then I erased it. It’s 6 in the morning, my kids are asleep in bed, my husband is reading the paper/snoozing, and I’m sitting …
Writers Unbound - Jun 5, 2008
The Dreaded D I read a chapter from the book of Proverbs almost every morning. Anything that was written by the world’s wisest man, can teach me something. It has, at least in concept: a nagging little concept that …
Also tagged: character, discipline, writing business
Writers Unbound - May 29, 2008
Let’s review. 1> a mission, vision, goal, purpose 2> a means (your type of writing) 3> a method (how you get your means on paper) 4> an experience, voice, perspective, history 5> an inflowing of ideas …
Also tagged: tools, writing, ideas, writing business
Writers Unbound - May 29, 2008
“It’s called a lance, helloooo?” -A Knight’s Tale So here you are, the Mercenary Writer, seeker of fame and fortune and a good cup of coffee, out to conquer the world, abolish dangling participles, and make enough …
Also tagged: writing business
Writers Unbound - May 24, 2008
The writer’s work is discouraging. You sit and write for two or three hours and end up with a couple of pages to show, which you will then sit and edit for two or three hours until the pages are reduced to paragraphs …
Writers Unbound - Mar 4, 2008
I was recently blessed to come into contact with Leo Babauta, who runs a very successful blog, Zen Habits. He started up a new writers blog, Write to Done, and allowed me a guest post. I also interviewed him for About …
Also tagged: books, nonfiction, writers resource, style and technique
Writers Unbound - Feb 28, 2008
Happy Thursday. Read these blogs. (Short and to the point, right?) Writer Beware: “Literary scams, schemes and pitfalls.” Got a question about a publisher or agent? Wondering if you’ve been scammed? This is a great …
Also tagged: blogging, thursday 13