Christmas! How to Give When You’re Broke
Inspiration hit today when I suddenly had to write a lens titled Christmas on a Tight Budget. The ideas kept coming and I finished the project in just a few hours. I’m sure there won’t be a lot of sales from the lens - after all, it is speaking to people with little money - [...]

One Hundred Words
Is it hard to write one hundred words? I think most of us wouldn’t have any trouble with that. One hundred words - that’s an easy task. What does one hundred words look like? Here’s a snippet from my work in progress. It has exactly one hundred words: “I don’t care what he thinks at this point.” “You don’t [...]

Loving Your Writing to Life
A lot has been written about how difficult and tedious writing can be. But what of love? If you sit in your chair thinking negative thoughts about how hard it is to get any words on the page, is that going to be better than actually enjoying your writing process? We all know the fast [...]

Reaching Toward Goals
If you don’t have a goal you can’t reach for it. I’m sure most of you have decided to write a certain number of words daily. If not, you might want to give that a try. Are you reaching your goals? Do you have what it takes? Sometimes other things in life interfere with a goal-maker’s resolve. If you need sleep so you can get up for work or school in the morning, then that must be your priority. So be it. We cannot let novel writing inte

First Day of NaNo - Tearing Down the Illusions
So, did you think it was going to be easy? I expect by now you’ve had time to sit down at your keyboard and type out a few lines. Go-getters are already 10,000 words into this. Many others have made it to 2000 words. Others are self-flagellating and wondering why it is so hard to reach even 200 words! Welcome to NaNoWriMo! This is a place where the veils all come off. If you thought being a writer would be easy, you may already be seeing some of the pro