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Own Your Writing Career: No Pressure. Seriously.
There are more critical things to worry about in life than your writing career. This might be a crazy turn to take in a series called Own Your Writing Career….but follow me for a second. I bet you’ve noticed that lots of what this series covers is how to keep your head screwed on straight […]
Own Your Writing Career: Celebrate Your Successes
Look…here’s the thing. Many people who say they want to write, never actually set pen to the page, or fingers to the keyboard, or voice to the recorder. They talk about writing, but they never actually accomplish any writing. If you have written a book, completely, start to finish, then this puts you FAR ahead […]
Own Your Writing Career: Finish What You Start
I have to tell myself this one A LOT. I love the bright and shiny, and I have little self control. 🙂 You have to finish what you start. Writers write, yes…but writers also must FINISH writing, and get their work out into the world. This can be really tough the first few go-arounds. Talk […]
New Website!
…which you know, because you’re here! 🙂 Welcome to my new home on the web. I’m pretty proud of it — I didn’t think I could build such a gorgeous site, and that just goes to show that you shouldn’t judge your abilities without giving something a shot. If you’re driven to learn something, there […]
Own Your Writing Career: To Stretch Thy Wings, Thou Must Try New Things
 *Grin* This should be obvious to anyone trying to build a writing career. To build implies that you are making something new, that has not been made before. You are stretching yourself. To be successful, you must constantly stretch out of the zone you’re comfortable in and push yourself to try new things. There are […]
Own Your Writing Career: Eyes on the Prize — What Is the Prize, for You?
As you progress as a writer, you’ll notice the payoffs that are considered important in popular culture for writers. Of course you’ll notice them! You’re one of those pop culture, conventional wisdom suckers, too! (We all are until we investigate further. That’s why it’s called conventional wisdom.) What are these culturally promoted payoffs of being […]
Own Your Writing Career: Staying Positive, Even When It Hurts
 No matter what I say, if you’ve yet to publish a book you will learn more from doing it than I can ever tell you. More about your fears, the things that hold you back, and how to overcome them. I continue to learn about mine, and even a decade into serious pursuit of fiction […]
Own Your Writing Career: Use a One Touch Policy
 The One Touch Policy: If it only takes a few minutes, don’t add it to your to-do list, just take care of it with one touch. The idea of a one-touch policy comes from a major professional mentor of mine, who still happens to be what I call my “superboss.” My manager’s superior and at […]
Own Your Writing Career: Embracing the Long Game
At the end of my last post, I touched on the fact that you won’t make money with your writing for some time after you start. Likely for at least a few years after publishing your first book. If you do, you have struck gold — but that’s no way to plan to make a […]