As we enter the last half of May, it may be a good time to do an assessment of your goals and how you have been doing so far this month in completing your long-term goals. This is always a great time to take stock. And the month of May has so much hope in…
Hi everyone! It’s Friday. Every Friday I take the time to take stock of how I did in completing my goals for the week. Before I sat down to assess my week this morning, I went for a walk around the Avon River next to where I live. I couldn’t help but think…
A dry erase board can be a fantastic tool to help writers organize their thoughts, ideas, and writing process. You can put it up on your wall in your office so that you can organize all your writing life in one place. You can also add any doctor appointments that you have or coaching sessions….
I have been wanting to write a series of blog posts about springtime renewal for writers for a long time. This is such a time of replenishment and hope. Everything is becoming alive. As a result, we feel inspired to be more and do more. The buds are forming on the trees and shrubs, signaling…
Sticking to writing goals can be challenging when life gets busy. We always have too much to do every day. And there seems to be no time to just sit and write. What’s worse, we may be tired and stressed out by the time we start writing. This is especially the case if we work…
Do you reward yourself when you complete a writing task? Do you make your writing life interesting so that you will be motivated to complete your manuscripts? Setting up small rewards every time you finish a task is one way to motivate yourself to get some writing done, especially if it’s hard or you don’t…
No matter what kind of writer you want to become, there are ways for you to be most successful and reach your goals quicker. Life gets in the way for many writers. There is always more to be done than write. Yet, we have to commit to our daily writing in order to complete our…
Many of us have a hard time to write every day. We have a difficult time to even make some space for our writing. Yet, if we are serious about our writing, we must show up and write regularly. In other words, as the saying goes, writers write. Here are some tips to help you…
Spring is a season of growth, change, possibility, and renewal. Have you ever thought of using these ideas and plug them into your writing life? Spring can be such a great time to renewal and refresh your goals. Many of us have stale goals. They don’t seem to go anywhere, and they bore us. Even…
Over my many years of coaching writers, I have discovered that most writers fall into two different categories when it comes to their writing: they either do too much or too little. Either way, we can’t be productive. Writers who do too much will register for every online workshop they find to get better at…