It’s time for you to fall back in love with your freelance writing career, your craft and your life. Why? Because the years ebb by fast. Before you know it, a decade’s gone by and suddenly you see that most of your talent, your passion, your potential… is stymied. Stuck. As-yet unexpressed. Unrealized. “Falling in love again” with […]
If you’re learning from a mentor or editor, there WILL come a time when you hear negative feedback about your work. How will you respond? Here are some tips for you, gleaned from many years coaching writers just like you: Enjoy and let me know what you think over on my Facebook page. With love […]
This week, a woman I’ll call Jenny told me what I hear so often from aspiring non-fiction authors: her book project? It’s stuck. Jenny is so stuck that her book idea – that concept she was passionate about years ago, has remained on her hard drive, neglected and abandoned for years. One day, Jenny told […]
My jaw dropped after we hung up the phone. I was just talking to a former coaching client this week, a man I’ll call Timothy. Timothy hired me a few years ago, because he desperately wanted to reclaim his creativity and create a steady, productive writing practice. You should know this about Timothy: he was […]
Who makes up all these writing rules we read about on the internet? “Real writers write every single day.” “The more you write the better. Push through and write.” “Real writers get up to write early in the morning.” While these practices work well for many people, they certainly don’t determine who is […]
Are you finding it difficult to make your writing a priority? Have you been less productive than you’d like? Feel like you’re working vaguely, and without purpose? Your writing, like any living thing, needs care and nourishment to thrive. Read on for 5 of my favorite strategies to make your writing a meaningful priority once […]
Over the winter holiday, I took my daughter to the DeYoung Museum in nearby San Francisco. We had the good fortune to snag a private tour, and together we weaved through the stately building, looking at women-made sculptures and learning much about art history and appreciation from our European-born docent. Our guide wrapped up the […]
I’ve always been drawn to paradox. As an undergraduate in economics, my mind felt like popcorn popping in a skillet when I encountered the curiosity and elegance of Marxian dialectical thinking. A few years later, as an enthusiastic Jungian analysand, I slowly learned to solve problems in a new way, by “embracing the tension between […]
Last week, I took a risk. As you know, I’ve been guiding writers and busy professionals to get back to writing for over a decade. It’s thrilling to see them become so fulfilled, passionate and productive through our work together! I’ve spoken so intimately and often to my writer-clients that they’ve become part of my […]
Today I’d like you to meet Pamela Toler, an author, historian and long-time coaching client of mine. Pamela just published “Heroines of Mercy Street: The Real Nurses of the Civil War,” a companion history to the new PBS series about the women who worked as nurses in the Civil War. Pamela’s book is an Amazon […]
“It is the soul’s duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.” – Rebecca West Well that’s a bit of a tall order…isn’t it? Yet this week, during my coaching calls, several of my writer-clients had big breakthroughs along these lines… One writer reclaimed a deep passion […]
“You’re imperfect and wired for struggle,” says Brene Brown, “but you are worthy…” You are worthy. Stop for a moment. Pretend you believe “I am worthy, just as I am.” Pretend you believe it down to your bones. Now will you show up differently in the world? More confident? Visible? Unapologetic? For those of you […]
“We don’t live in eternity,” says Marie Beynon Ray — “Begin doing what you want to do now… “We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand and melting like a snowflake.” We don’t live in eternity. If you feel the truth of this sentence down to your bones, this tells me […]
If you want to fire up your writing career and fall back in love with your life again, you don’t need a writing coach. You need an expert mentor and intuitive catalyst who’s completely invested in helping you honor your talent and become more YOU in the world. Someone who will: challenge you to think […]
I can’t tell you how many free-thinking, intelligent, accomplished writers I meet who struggle with their productivity style: They think “real writers” always write earlier in the day. They believe the best fiction writers structure their novels in advance. They think they shouldn’t struggle, or get stuck, or write slow sometimes. Oh, my. May I […]
