This is a guest post by Ollin Morales of {Courage 2 Create}, one of my fellow Top 10 Blogs for Writers.
You’ve tried everything to battle your procrastination, but you still keep slacking off.
So, what’s the deal?
Is it because you are afraid of rejection or criticism?
No? You’ve already overcome your writing fears?
Ok. Then what’s wrong …
Mar 17, 2011 Advice, Motivation, productivity, Writing
Laura Vanderkam is the author of 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think, which posits that we can make the most of the 168 hours we have in a week if we examine where our time goes and how to use it more wisely. She also runs the my168hours website.
In 168 Hours, you …
Jan 20, 2011 Advice, Motivation, Observations, productivity, Self improvement
This is a Q&A with Sage Cohen, the author of The Productive Writer and Writing the Life Poetic, both from Writer’s Digest Books, and the poetry collection Like the Heart, the World. Her writing has appeared in publications including Writer’s Digest Magazine, Poet’s Market 2011, Cup of Comfort for Writers, The Oregonian, and How to …
Jan 6, 2011 Advice, Motivation, Organization, productivity, Writer Q&A
I tend to have Seasonal Affective Disorder — for a month or two in the winter, I’m exhausted, unmotivated, and down. I use a light box, take vitamin D, go for walks, do yoga, meditate — all the things you’re supposed to do — and still the winter depression comes. My life coach suggested that …
Nov 1, 2010 Advice, Ass, Motivation, Observations, Personal yammerings, productivity
You may remember that I offered to bust readers’ excuses for not pitching magazines — or, if they’re pitching, for approaching only low/no-pay pubs. (By the way, if you have an excuse you’d like me to bust, you can send it to lindaformichelli@gmail.com.)
Here’s Heather’s excuse: I’m a stay at home mom. I have a 20 …
May 17, 2010 Bust My Excuse, Writing
