Overcoming Writer’s Block #1: When Your Brain’s Too Full of Life
As writers, I'm sure we've all been there. The blank screen stares us down or we can't even bring ourselves to take time for our writing because we're overwhelmed with the events happening in our lives. I'm in the process of developing an outline for my next work but...
Best Books of 2014 and Looking Forward to 2015
But didn't I already do a Reading Report for 2014/2015? Kinda. I talked a lot about numbers and genres but I didn't talk at all about quality or individual books. Since I shared that post a week ago, several people have asked me questions relating to what I actually...
Writing Report for 2014 and a Preview of 2015
I saved the weakest of my reports for last. Writing in 2014 Writing in 2014 wasn't what I wanted it to be. The biggest issue I had was that the manuscript I've been working on for a very long time has reached a bit of an impasse. I've tried to edit it, I've attempted...
Editing Report for 2014 and a Preview of 2015
Editing is my primary source of freelancing income so it's fortunate that I can say I did a lot of it last year. Today, I'll take a look at the projects I took on in 2014 and what I hope to do this year. Editing in 2014 I did a LOT of editing in 2014. When the year...
Reading Report for 2014 and a Preview of 2015
Today, I'm kicking off a series of posts where I'll look back at what I accomplished in 2014 and what I have planned for 2015 in the three main word-related areas of my life: reading, writing, and editing. Since "reading" is the easiest to quantify, we'll start there....
December Book Wrap-up
Before we start with the books, a quick programming note: Welcome to 2015! I'm starting off with my December 2014 Book Wrap-up but come back next week for either two or three (I haven't decided yet) posts addressing reading, writing, and editing as they happened in...