Category: Motivation Monday

Before I began to participate in the literary blogosphere, I had no idea that characters in novels sometimes did things

Them’s fightin’ words, Chuck Close. Especially for me, since one of the things I love to do is get dormant

Who cares how old you were when you wrote and sold your first work?

The fact that you just flushed an entire writing notebook down the toilet, page by page, is completely normal and

Now what?

I absolutely love this quote from 19th century writer and British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.

It takes practice, and sometimes a bit of luck, to affect your reader quite like this.

Listening to others’ conversations in public places can be a fun and writerly activity, provided you’re not actually invading someone

What if I told you the courage to begin was all you needed to ensure you wouldn’t fail?

Have you ever felt that, despite being a gifted wordsmith, you simply had nothing to write about?