While I don’t advise everyone to track their daily word count, for me it has been enlightening. With the exception of the times when I take a deliberate break from writing, such as what I’m doing the rest of this month to catch up on to do list things, it...
A few things collided for me recently. First, there’s been an uptick in people trying to teach you their way to have a writing career that’s sustainable and will help you avoid burn out. Except, they’re all missing one key component. Secondly,...
As writers we can choose what we write and when we write. So it seems a bit odd that we would write something that triggers our mental health if we didn’t want to. And yet, that’s exactly what happens when life, publishing circumstances, or even the prose...
One of the most frustrating symptoms of my ADHD is when I’m writing a blog and my mind just stops. My mind goes blank. That train of thought has left the station without informing me of its destination, and I’m left staring at a blank screen wondering what...