Mark Gottlieb on Finding & Working with a Literary Agent
In the Pixar movie Finding Nemo, we meet Marlin, a clownfish who has lost his son Nemo. On his way to find him, he meets ...
The most common frustration about writing is that it takes time. There is nothing that keeps people from writing more than the idea that they ...
Have you ever tried taking a cold shower? Apparently, it’s all the rage these days. If you want to spend a couple of hours going ...
There are lots of enemies we have to battle as writers. One of the most ferocious ones is self-editing. Self-editing is the tendency to edit ...
One of the best and worst things ever invented was the smartphone. It can be the worst thing because of all the distractions lurking on ...
As writers, we have lots of project-based items to think about. These are big items that can take weeks or months to complete. This can ...
If you’re having trouble getting focused and using your time well, I highly recommend using the Pomodoro Technique. This is a simple focus strategy used ...
We all know that reading is a vital part of the creative process. You need to have other inputs such as listening to great talks, ...
If you spend enough time with fiction authors, you will eventually hear two terms: pantsers and plotters. Pantsers prefer to write by the “seat of ...
Humans are emotional creatures. We like to believe we do things based on reason and logic. Yet if you stop and examine your actions, you’ll ...