Some of what I write isn’t award-winning material. So it was with the original title for this blog, “What’s Your Epitaph?” It’s not very motivational. I’ll admit it, I feel most of what I write falls short. Yet I’m compelled to keep writing and hopefully get it right at least…

@Tamela_Murray Do you have goals for the new year? Most of us resolve to improve ourselves one way or the other, perhaps to eat more vegetables, exercise more, spend less money, earn more money, and/or finish that book! In real life, we find obstacles to our goals. Maybe a party with…

@LindsBrac I feel the drag about this time every year. It’s in the gunmetal sky, dismal against the trees, shedding all their glory. Seasonal depression. Once the cold seeps in, my fingers struggle across the keyboard and it’s all I can do to make myself work on the things that…

@AlyciaMorales If I'm going to be a writer, there are a few disciplines I'm going to have find within myself. They are vital to my writing career. Without them, I probably won't ever see my work in print. Not because my writing isn't good, but because I will never finish…

@KatyKauffman28 Some days the words just don’t come. I sit at my desk and look at the computer screen. I wait for a sense of inspiration to wash over me, and … nothing. Blank page, ticking clock, and nada. I don’t even know where to start. If you have days…

@DiAnnMills Our family celebrations often involve a game of dominoes. Me? I like stacking them up and watching them fall one-by-one.  Unfortunately if writers don’t make a few plans for their writing career in January 2019, our publishing dreams may fall flat. Every writer is motivated by something, and when…