Sometimes motivation is an elusive, skittish creature, easily overlooked in the busyness of life. Here are some tips, tools and encouragement to keep your moving ever closer to your creative dreams. How can I encourage you to keep going?
Are you having trouble putting words on paper? Has your muse kidnapped your hero and run off to a warmer climate? Have you been saying, “I want to write a novel, but I just don’t have time,” or “I just can’t get past chapter three”? If any of these apply to you, I have a [...]
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A few months ago, I bought my very first Apple product –the IPAD2. My aging laptop had been a trouper, but it was heavy, would no longer hold a charge and was seriously outdated. Time to bite the bullet and replace it. I was heading to Europe for a writing trip, so I had some [...]
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Big ugly deadlines are picking up speed as they tumble downhill. If you don’t get ahead of them in the next two days, they’re going to knock you right off your feet. The plates you’ve worked so hard to keep spinning will crash down on your head and bury you. Anxiety mounts. Family and friends [...]
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I got an email the other day from my writing chapter’s super-organized Goal Keeper gently reminding me of the writing goals I’d set for 2011. It stopped me in my tracks and really made me think about my forward progress—or lack thereof–this year. I did get quite a bit done, and I’m excited about that. [...]
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Does your to-do list have its own to-do list? Are you lying awake at night with endless lists of things you DIDN’T get done running through your head? Are people saying things like, “Gee, you look terrible. Are you getting any sleep?” Thanks, I’d love to. But I can’t get my brain to shut up! [...]
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Have you ever wondered if perseverance really does pay off? I certainly have. I’ve been chasing some dreams for many years and there have been times—more than I’d like to admit–when I have wondered if perseverance isn’t just a prettier, more acceptable word for plain old stubbornness. I’ve even occasionally wondered if what I call [...]
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As we approached the town of Heudin, Romania, we started seeing the oddest looking-buildings. Half-finished mansions dotted both sides of the two-lane highway, most looking like they were abandoned quite a few years before. The closer we got to Heudin, the more of them we saw. Oddly enough, they were generally similar in style. Made [...]
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Sometimes life can get a little, well…crazy. One task after another on a crowded to-do list and suddenly…you realize you’re Jack. You know him, the all-work-and-no-play guy which makes Jack—or in this case, Connie—a dull girl. My plate has been stacked so high lately, the pile looks like something out of a cartoon—the whole thing [...]
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This simple question really made me think. I had never thought of myself as either a starter or a finisher—until last week. During the Blogging Your Passion webinar I’m taking (which is fabulous, by the way), one of the hosts, Jonathan Milligan, described himself as a starter, not a finisher. Somehow, the description resonated inside [...]
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