I am a chronic learner. I would go to school forever if I had the unlimited funds it takes to get degrees these days (and yeah, I'm still paying off that grad school degree from many years ago, so there's that). I do manage to find a way to keep learning though. I love online courses and have...
Creative practice
How to project manage your writing with Christine Carron
When I first heard the words “project manage" and "your writing” in the same sentence, my head almost exploded. I'm the kind of person who literally cries when faced with a complicated spreadsheet. The first time someone asked me about a pivot table, I almost had a heart attack. And no, I'm not...
How to fall in love with writing again (and again)
Happy Valentine’s Day! Let’s talk love affairs. Not the human kind, because those can so often be disappointing, right? No, let’s talk real love—our love affairs with our creativity. With our writing. I was doing a meditation this morning and the meditation teacher read a poem. It was about...
The truth about overnight success (it’s a lie)
Writing “success” doesn’t happen overnight. We all tend to get caught up in such a narrow view of success, and specifically this idea of it happening "overnight." Writers definitely experience this. We see the people on the NY Times bestseller list, hear about the new writer who got a...