Nano count: 13,386 words Despite my plan to spend all of yesterday on Nano, I had to go out of the house twice. I’d bought something that had to be returned that day or I lost my chance to do so. Then I had to send the large project back, so a trip to the…
Tag: creative writing
The Creative Break From, Well, Your Creativity
What’s on the iPod: Where You are by Rascal Flatts Before you think the heat’s gotten to me, let me explain the title of this post. As I was sitting crafting poetry the other day – me, the person least likely to have time to write poetry – I couldn’t help but wonder where the…
Wow Me!
You’re a creative soul, right? You put yourself out there as a professional who can craft excellent prose, mind the grammatical details, and fine-tune existing copy. So why is there so little creativity in your attempts to secure work? Once I had to hire some subcontractor work for a massive project. I put out an…
Mistakes and What They Teach Us
I’ve often wondered why actors aren’t expected to study bad movies more often. Isn’t it true that we learn from our mistakes just as much as we learn from what others have done well? Over on Kristen King’s blog, guest author Steve Wagenheim gives tips for copywriting in 2008, one of which stood out more…
The Goal is What Exactly?
Good lord, it’s slow around here! I’m sitting for eight hours or more with absolutely no work coming in save for yesterday’s ongoing routine. And thank God for it – it will be the first check I receive in 2008 and it will make this lean time a lot less lean. So what am I…
When All Else Fails, Get a Coach
You’ve tried all the stuff below, yet for some reason one or two of the steps are either not working or are impossible for you to get around to doing, make you cringe in fear, don’t sit well, feels like begging, etc. Maybe you need to work around those blocks with someone who knows how…
Plan the Work, Work the Plan
This week’s info is useful to you in only one case – if you actually do any of it consistently. I don’t care if you market to seven people weekly or seventy people. What I do care about is if you’re going to map out a plan of any sort and follow through. See, we…
Go Team, Go!
Admit it – you’ve always wanted a writing coach or a life coach. Who better to help you refocus your energies in the right direction? Now’s your chance – coaching guru Lisa Gates is offering two coaching teleclasses: one for writers, and one for everyone else. The teleclasses are scheduled for the following days: Tuesday,…
A Silver Heart
Cool Writers, Cool Ideas Series Mark Silver’s been around a while. I’ve been receiving his emails for about a year and a half, and each one is an inspiration. Mark teaches us – all of us – how to improve our businesses, but also how to do so while improving our communities and our well-being….
Query Writing Series: The Query Letter, Part One
The Query Letter, Part One Get Creative! It amazes me how many creative writers churn out boring, unimaginative query letters. I once received a query letter from a writer who wrote – “I saw your ad. Here’s my resume. Call me.” Did I call? Hell no! If that writer couldn’t be bothered to sell himself…