Invest in opportunities to learn if you want to build a successful writing career. If you are not growing then you are stagnant – and stagnant things always die. Learning opens up new ideas, expands old ideas and refreshes stale ideas. Learning is the gateway to possibilities. One of the most important investments you can…
Make a plan to know where you are going if you want to reach your success. Success comes from more than talent – it takes a determination to push on. Determination can only drive the cart so far. In the end, you will never know when you have arrived at your destination if you have…
Jolt Your Writing – the ABC’s to Grow a Writer Building a successful writing career can require a jolt of inspiration and motivation to get through the journey. The path comes with bumps, bruises, trials and tribulations – and that is on the road to success. The right encouragement can be the key to the…
Invest in your writing if you desire to be a writing success. You can achieve anything if you are willing to sacrifice what it takes to reach that goal. Only you can reach your success in writing – or in life. Others may put pieces of the puzzle out there but ultimately your actions will…
I had a dream when I was younger to be a writer. My mom encouraged me to a point and subscribed me to some writing magazines. The first rejection letter sent me spiraling away from my dream. The comments about never making a living as a writer helped speed things up. Before long, I had…
Building a successful writing career requires a desire to challenge the way things are in order to get a place where you want to be. Nothing is ever accomplished with dreams alone. I have to put force behind the dreams to drive them to reality. Five Dos that Challenge the Ordinary 1. Do more today…
How you believe in writing success will determine where you go with your writing dreams. “Whether you think you can or you think you cannot, you are right.” – Henry Ford. Mr. Ford knew what he was talking about when he made that statement. Belief dictates the reality of life. If I believe the sky…
Nothing happens until something happens. My dream for years was to be a writer. I thought about writing and even wrote about writing in my journal. That was as close as I came to writing. And then something happened. I picked up the local paper and saw that they were having a contest for a…
My passion for writing started at an early age, but my pursuit of writing as a career only started a few years back. I thought I had something interesting to say and I thought I had a unique way of saying it. Over the last few years I have discovered that there is more to…
Many people avoid freelance because of the uncertainty of income. That is completely understandable. I started into freelance writing as a way to ADD income to our household. It was only about three months into my serious pursuit of a freelance career that my husband left his job and our family became dependent on the…