Step Away from the Internet

Staring at a shelf of books on all things writing, I never know which one to choose. I want the best one. I want the one that will infuse my writing brain with the knowledge and inspiration of all the great authors. But, there’s so many. Click on author, Jody Hedlund’s Helpful Writing Books page …

Writing Past the Pain of Critique

It’s funny how fate plays a role in your writing sometimes. Today,I woke up exhausted, my head thick with a fog that settled in after lack of sleep and a hangover. Sleep deprivation was a result from spending two days home with a sick child. Prescribed certain medications, she becomes a toddler-on-the-move who’s stuck on …

Becky Levine, Voice and Dialogue

My last post was about balance, and all weekend long I fought to maintain it. Despite the swings back and forth between sane and not, I completed several writerly tasks without driving my family away. I rewrote a few more chapters in my WIP, I punched out drafts for two posts, and I read more …