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November 4, 2024
How to Find Your Voice as a Writer

Who are you anyway? One of the biggest struggles for emerging writers is how to find your voice as a writer, or more precisely, understanding your true voice. The quick answer here? You don’t need to do anything special to find it, it’s already there. Just write. Write a lot. Your voice will become evident […]

October 14, 2024
Self-Compassion and the Writing Life

Many of us wish the world was a kinder and more compassionate place. We’re clear that political dialogue should be constructive rather than destructive, and people attacking one another will not help us solve our problems or heal the world’s seemingly intractable divisions. We’re good humans, or we try to be. We know that being […]

October 14, 2024
Writing Advice for “Real” Writers

What's up with the writing police? Experts abound in every field and every expert offers advice from their own world-view. The writing advice most often offered to new writers is: “You should write every day.”  I hate this kind of writing advice. To be clear, I’m not saying you shouldn’t write every day -- it’s not the […]

October 12, 2024
5 Reasons Why You Need a Writing Mentor, How to Find One and What (Not) To Expect

Nothing has made more difference to my writing life than working with mentors -- writers with more experience than I had at the time who could encourage me to push myself and my writing further than I know I'd have been able to do working on my own. I can't say enough about how that […]

June 4, 2024
How to Start a Book: Drawing & Digging

Imagine the following scenario...  You’ve got an idea for a novel, and you think it’s a good idea, too. It feels like the right next step for your writing practice—an ambitious step, sure, but not an insurmountable one. You’re ready to take on a new challenge.  But you’ve never written this kind of long-form project before.  Maybe […]

June 4, 2024
On Writing While Travelling

Writing while travelling definitely does not always go as planned. Right now for instance, you’re reading last week’s blog post. What I mean is, I meant to finish and post this last week but that didn’t happen. And yes, I get that this is more than a bit ironic, given that this is a post […]

June 4, 2024
Barbara Sibbald: It’s All Consuming

Busy Women on Writing Books This is the ninth instalment in an interview series on writing, profiling women writers who’ve written and published books while also working, parenting, volunteering, caring for family, attending school, and ALL OF THE THINGS. This month, I'm pleased to introduce you to a friend of mine, Barbara Sibbald. Barbara and I […]

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