Developing a writing career comes about in similar ways to developing any career. You have to be willing to expand your talents, present your talents and pursue opportunities with boldness to fulfill those talents. Writing opportunities seem to be endless in the online community but finding writing opportunities that will …Click Here to continue
Creating Success
Get Reasons out of the Way of Writing
February 2, 2010
About Writing
My list of reasons (i.e. excuses) could fill a book. Maybe if I would take the time to write down that list then I would have a best-selling book, but I had something else that needed to get done for now. That will have to wait. Get it? Great ideas …Click Here to continue
6 Tips for Exposed Writing
January 31, 2010
About Writing
“Don’t simply tell me that faith saves you, tell me how it almost failed you, too. Don’t tell me about love, speak of your passion. Don’t tell me you’re hurt, let me see your heart breaking. I don’t want to see your talent on the page, I want to see …Click Here to continue
Waking up to Possibilities
January 12, 2010
Creating Success
My schedule creates a sense of peace for my day. Every day gets broken down almost to the minute. I know where I am going, what I am doing and even what the menu will be for each day. But there are those days when even though I know what …Click Here to continue
Too Busy Writing to Write
December 28, 2009
About Writing
The last couple of weeks flew right by me. Two birthday parties, Christmas meals and the determination to get my writing back on track left me with a hole in my writing. I was so busy trying to get all my writing done for everything else that I forgot all …Click Here to continue
Discovering Your Writing Dream
December 16, 2009
Creating Success
Asking people about their dreams brings me a bit of delight. My question always comes in a phrase similar to “what do you want to be when you grow up.” My thinking is that as long as you are pursuing your dreams then you are never really grown up. Dreams …Click Here to continue
Writing is a Personal Journey
December 11, 2009
About Writing
Writing is an individual journey. You can gain from the experiences of those that have gone before, but you cannot repeat them. Each path must be the “Road Less Taken.” You are the only person that is journeying down your road. If you are following the crowd, then you are …Click Here to continue
Cost of Writing as a Career
December 4, 2009
Business of Freelance
Being a writer can get expensive. There are the regular expenses of paper and ink the make a dent in the bottom line. Add in the new resources that come available online and in the store, then the conferences and finally the courses and classes and it is a wonder …Click Here to continue
Write through Misery and Exhaustion
December 1, 2009
About Writing
“Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable and exhausted or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same.” I am a writer. I write because I love to move words around in a way that touches the hearts of others. I write because it is a …Click Here to continue
Becoming a Full Time Writer
November 30, 2009
Business of Freelance
Expectations and obligations come with writing as a business. No longer can it just be about words on the paper. Time, money and location all become a factor. Several months ago I was privilege to give a workshop about writing basics. The attendees jumped write in with questions about their …Click Here to continue
