So all week this week on the blog I’m doing something completely crazy; I’m taking my own advice and sharing some of my fiction. This is a short story I wrote in my 20s. Please leave me some nice comments if you like it. Please keep your trap shut if you don’t … 😉 Just kidding.…
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If just the thought of editing makes you want to start pulling your hair out, I understand. I don’t think I know a single writer who likes editing. It’s excruciating. And it doesn’t really get better. Actually, the more you do it, the worse it gets. But everybody needs it. Recently a book marketing guy…
Have you ever reduced your life to one project that meant the world to you? That spoke to your heart, that you were fully dedicated to finishing and doing well? That you tuned in to your deepest sense of discipline for? If you have, try to remember what that felt like. (If you haven’t, envision…
Welcome to Tuesday Truths! If you’re new to Spunky Misfit Girl, welcome. Find sign up box below! And, as always, much love to my super supporters and amazing audience. Hope you enjoy my video-self with her dorky over-enthusiasm and don’t make fun of me more than is absolutely necessary.
Writers often answer the question “Why do you write?” with “Because I have to.” I get that. If I go too many days without writing, I become cranky and snappish and uncomfortable with myself. No one wants to live with me in that state, not even me. Best if I sequester myself in a quiet warm…
If you haven’t read Part 1 of this series yet, go do that here: How to Become a Better Writer When Writing Makes You Want to Die, Part 1. That’s a big deal. And it’s hard. And people don’t talk about how much difference it makes when you can do that. Today’s way to become…
In my recent post 5 Scrivener Tricks You’ll Love That You Didn’t Know About, I promised you a full-length review of Joseph Michael’s Learn Scrivener Fast. Readers asked me a lot of questions in response to my first post about Scrivener. When I first started with Scrivener, I didn’t bother reading anything or taking any courses; I…