Building a successful writing career requires a few things – but the most important thing you can do is write. I shared this idea at a See Jane Write panel event earlier in May. I know it enough to share it, but I seem to forget it just as much because I have a way…
Great blogging happens like great cooking – you can read all of the great recipes for success and study under the experts but until you start cooking nothing will get done. I have written articles for my own site and for other sites about how to blog with success. I have led talks about building…
Garbage gets in the way of the good stuff, causes the whole house to stink and basically makes it difficult to get anything done. Living in a house full of men means that the garbage piles up fast, and I have to stay on top of it to be sure that it does not leak…
Most of us want to discover ways to make money with the writing we produce. Find ways to repurpose what you write and you can expand those income opportunities. Repurposing may also provide new ways to get exposure for who you are and what you write. The more ways you can discover for making money,…
A picture may paint a thousand words, but someone still has to put those words to action by sharing them. That is the challenge for this Friday. You have three pictures to choose from. All three have someone or something in a place that they should not be. Picture one: a boy up to his…
CRASH. The only thing worse than hearing that noise from the other room is hearing that noise from the other room followed by, “oops.” I live in a small house full of boys and things can get out of hand. I have heard this scenario on more than one occasion. SEND. That is the feel…
Blogging can be lonely work. You hole up in the office (or a dark corner of the house if an office is not available) looking for the next, great words that will drive your blog to viral success. You know it has gotten bad when you begin having a conversation with your stuffed animals –…
Finding new ideas for the right words for the next great novel (or speech or blog post) can become exhausting after you do it day in and day out. Building a successful career around words requires that you do just that. It is important to find ways to unlock that next great idea so that…
My husband started writing online and it was been an adventure for both of us. It is still amazing to me, even after three decades of knowing each other, that we approach something that is the exact same so differently. It reminded me that although the goal of being a successful writer might be the…
Putting together random words for a great flash fiction challenge seems impossible. The creative mind goes to words that it wants to use. I decided to let each of my family members add a word to one that I came up with – just to be sure it was random. Words for Flash Fiction Bouncy…