Hands down, rejection and self-doubt have been my biggest emotional challenges. Of course, those are intertwined. The more rejections I get, the more self-doubt I experience. Writing is so full of rejection –after probably 80 queries I finally found an agent, but then the agent queried 25 editors and receivedContinue Reading
Do you want more as a writer? Do you feel like you’ve been working hard but your dreams are still way out of reach? It could be that you’re missing one critical element: to achieve more, you must become more. If You Want More as a Writer, You Must BecomeContinue Reading
If you’re thinking about starting a freelance editing business, check out what editor Wendy Ogilvie has to say. As is true for most writers, I have always written in some form, whether it be rude poems for office birthday cards or stories to scare my niece, but it wasn’t untilContinue Reading
If you’re interested in content marketing, freelance writer Mandy Ellis has some good tips! I always wanted to be a freelance writer and author, but I needed to get a full-time job after college and became a technical writer at an engineering company. About a year and half into thatContinue Reading
by Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt In 1986, social psychologist, Dr. James Pennebaker began an experiment that would transform mind/body medicine for years to come. He asked people who had experienced a traumatic event to write. One group (control group) was asked to write daily about superficial topics for four days. The otherContinue Reading
Are you spreading yourself too thin? It’s easy to do as a writer. We have so many things going on! If you’ve been at it for a while, you’ve probably gotten used to it on some level. You’re regularly writing, editing, proofreading, submitting, and potentially blogging, creating graphics, posting toContinue Reading
Author Linda Sienkiewicz isn’t new to writing about suicide. But this time, she channeled her love for her son through poetry, and found a new creative outlet for her grief as well as her cherished memories. by Linda Sienkiewicz I never sat down with the intention to write poems aboutContinue Reading
Anne Alenskis has extensive experience doing media interviews. Here, she shares her expertise with writers. I am a writer disguised as a “communications specialist.” I began my career as a writer and journalist, yet over the years I evolved into a communications professional who has writing skills. As opportunities presentedContinue Reading
My English teacher taught me about misplaced modifiers in high school. I figured everyone else received the same education, but apparently not. Because I’m constantly running across misplaced modifiers. Mostly, I see them in self-published books that have not been properly edited. But I also see them in blog posts.Continue Reading
Have you thought of starting a coaching business? Here, life coach Yota Schneider shares her experiences doing just that. It was spring of 1998 when I knew I had reached my threshold. My twin girls were 2-years-old and I was an account executive with Clinique. I was working an ungodlyContinue Reading
I asked writer Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt to share with us her challenges of writing a trilogy—in the middle of writing that trilogy. As a writer dealing with a chronic illness, she has put into place many processes that help her keep her story and her writing on track. It tookContinue Reading
How do you stay healthy while writing? It’s not easy. I’m a full-time health and wellness writer and even I struggle with it. There’s no doubt that spending a lot of time at the computer—which most writers do—is horrible for your health. It leads to all sorts of problems, includingContinue Reading