by Ruth Bullivant What does a good book coach do for an author? I hope there aren’t any bad book coaches! There aren’t many of us around yet and if you find one trained by Author Accelerator, they are going to be good. Book Coaches Work with Writers While TheyContinue Reading
In honor of Mother’s Day, I’ve gathered quotes from mom writers who have appeared on Writing and Wellness over the past year. One thing is common: being a writer and a mom is not easy. But these moms are making it work. It helps when you’re a writer mom whoContinue Reading
Introduction: Journalist Lori Tobias arrived on the Oregon coast in 2000. After freelancing from Newport for several years, she signed on with the Oregonian as a stringer then staff writer, covering the entire coast—one person for more than three hundred miles. Tobias’s story is as much her own as it is theContinue Reading
Organize your email, they say, and you’ll be a lot less overwhelmed and more productive. Indeed, most people these days feel overwhelmed by the number of emails they have in their inboxes. According to a 2017 survey by email marketing company Campaigner, nearly half of consumers say they receive tooContinue Reading
by Elizabeth Wheeler Writing after retirement wasn’t something I was thinking about when I left the workplace. After all, I had been writing for decades as a public relations and marketing professional. (My portfolio included newsletters, annual reports, marketing materials, speeches, columns for newspapers, and many more items.) I envisionedContinue Reading
You know it’s a good idea to spring clean your house, but have you ever tried to spring clean your mind? Research shows that spring cleaning your space can help reduce stress, boost immunity, improve your mood, prevent injuries, and lead to more relaxing sleep. Spring cleaning your mind canContinue Reading
The biggest emotional challenge of being a writer is willing myself to do the writing. If I don’t just do it, I can’t accomplish any goals. So within that I guess there has to be depression, lack of motivation, anxiety, a feeling of being overwhelmed, a sort of paralysis arisingContinue Reading
April is National Poetry Month. According to the Academy of American Poets (AAP), which launched the celebration back in 1996, this year (2021) marks the 25th anniversary of the day established to remind us all of the role poets have to play in our culture. You may be one ofContinue Reading
When I retired from a successful dancing career back in May of 2011, I did so thoughtfully, and prayerfully. I’d been a professional dancer for twenty-six years, and I needed a change. I loved to write as a teen, but when I sat down to pen something significant, something thatContinue Reading
Work-life balance often seems like an unattainable goal for writers. We must fit writing into the spaces between our jobs, family, and communities, and those spaces can be super small. To find an audience for our stories, we must also build platforms and regularly engage in marketing activities. We wantContinue Reading
For me, one of the biggest emotional challenges of being an author is that of maintaining confidence in myself and my work. I know we all experience moments of crippling doubt at times. It has the power to halt all progress. There is such excitement when a new story ideaContinue Reading
Any writing problems that you’re experiencing right now could be caused by writer’s anxiety. Don’t think so? Before you dismiss it out of hand, answer the questions below. What is Writer’s Anxiety? Writer’s anxiety is described as having feelings of tension, worried thoughts, and physical symptoms like increased blood pressureContinue Reading