Hey, it’s Friday! And for a lot of us in the U.S. it’s also an extended weekend. So enjoy the time off, get some stuff done, and read these 5 links when you can. 1. Do you ever feel like it’s impossible to find balance between your writing and you day job, family and everything […]
What are you willing to give up?
I crawled out of bed at 5:30 AM this morning, tired, groggy, sore, and knowing I didn’t get anywhere enough sleep. You know the routine: Start the pot of coffee, brush your teeth, get in the shower, and then throw on some clothes, pack the lunch, wake up the kids, get them dressed, grab the […]
Make Writing a Habit
If you’re the type of person who exercises regularly (and really, there’s no excuse not to) then you already know what it takes to stick to a program. Find one that works and keep doing it until it becomes a routine. The bad news is that it’s a lot easier to find yourself stuck in […]
Five Links Friday 5/20/16
Hey, it’s another edition of Five Links Friday. This week we’ve got some awesome links on storytelling, marketing, and time management. Give ’em a look and have a great weekend! 1. Let’s start with an older post from Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (my kind of site) looking at Creating Unforgettable Settings, Part 3: Maximizing […]
Five Links Friday 3/18/16
Wow, another eventful and crazy week is behind us. Hope you had a great St. Patrick’s day, if that’s your thing, and be sure to read these five links when you can. 1. We’re all writers here, right? We’re all creative people here, right? So why can’t we figure out a creative way to get […]
Podcast Episode 1: Time Management For Writers
“How do you find time to write?” The first episode of the Write Good Books Podcast looks at time management for writers as Jason and Scott answer that question by discussing the ways they fit writing into their daily schedules. Click the link below to stream the episode or grab the rss feed to the […]
If you don’t have time to read…
That’s a pretty well-know quote from Stephen King’s book on writing (aptly titled: On Writing.) If you take that statement at face value, it isn’t really saying anything special, just that reading is important and if you don’t read a lot, you won’t become a very good writer. But if you look into the deeper […]
3 Writing Things You Can Do If You Only Have 10 Minutes
In a recent post, I suggested you should write every day. And it’s advice I’ve been taking myself for the last few years. Not matter what, I write–or work on something writing related–every day, almost without exception, even if it meant only working on something for ten minutes. Ten minutes to write? That’s it? Sure […]