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What I Learned About Writing This Week…from Christmas Decorations

I love my Christmas stuff. But after awhile — especially after New Year’s — it starts to become just that: stuff. It turns into clutter, and I can’t see my life through it anymore. Sometimes, dear inklings, our writing is like that…

What I Learned about Writing This Week…from Taking a Shower

Sometimes, a writer’s just gotta get clean. Sometimes, fellow writers, what we need is a shower.

On Collaborative Writing: Zombie Christmas

Tweet I’ve made no secret around here of my struggles with social anxiety. I’ve made some major strides in the last year, but I’ve still got some work to do. And, even once that’s done, I’ll always be an introvert. That means I have trouble in highly social situations. Even when they’re fun, and packed […]

What I Learned About Writing This Week…from the Dark Stuff

I’m not afraid of the Dark. But this past Sunday, I got to a point in the story where I knew the Dark Stuff was coming. I looked at my computer screen, watched the cursor blink at me a few times, and said aloud, “I don’t want to write this.” I closed the file and walked away. I was in dire need of rescue…