For the past month, I have been choosing what Nancy Butts calls “activities that nourish your writer’s soul” (from Spontaneous Combustion: A Writer’s Primer for Creative Revival by Nancy.) In fact, one of the activities I do each day, before I work on my novel, is to read half a chapter or so of Nancy’s book. […]
Month: June 2013
Journal Through the Summer (Part 2)
(First read Journal Through the Summer–Part 1) Journaling has many purposes and uses–and here are some more! ********************* Journaling Dreams Journal through your summer by exploring your dreams and daydreams. Give yourself free rein to imagine the kind of life you’d love to live. No restrictions. Journal about where you’d like to live, things you’d […]
Journal Through the Summer
I’ve received a lot of email from writers and blog readers about the difficulties of writing during the summer. Kids and grandkids are home from school, vacations are taken, company arrives. Is there a way to keep writing, despite all this? Yes. You can journal through the summer. I wrote this article (first part below, […]
How to Fix A Writer's Fragmented Life
I always blog on Tuesdays. Except yesterday. My grandkids had been here for a couple of days of hiking, water fights, reading and laughing. I had planned to blog last night, but I had a meeting at my house to plan and clean for. BUT the air conditioning went out (a big deal in summertime […]
The Scheduling Habit
Getting into the writing habit is difficult, especially in the early years of writing. We aren’t making much money at it, so it’s hard to justify taking the time. Our lives are full to overflowing already, so where can we possibly fit in some writing? How can we form a consistent writing habit when our […]
To Survive as a Writer: Finding Margin
Certain Type A personalities seem to thrive on overloaded lives, but most writers don’t. Our best ideas – and energy to write about them – require some peace and quiet, some “down” time. To get that, we must rebuild margin into our lives. Defining Margin What exactly is margin? According to Richard Swenson M.D. author […]