And we’re back with another set of links to share for the weekend. This was a pretty good week over here, as I attended the Nebraska Writers Guild Spring Conference, and then spent the rest of the week going over the galley for the upcoming novel. Anyhow, enough about me. Here are the links! 1. […]
Do Over
Here’s a podcast I stumbled on at Jeff Goins’ site, where Jeff interviews author, speaker, and Ramsey guy, Jon Acuff, about his latest book, Do Over: Rescue Monday, Reinvent Your Work, and Never Get Stuck. If you’re into books about writing, financial independence, motivational management, and entrepreneurship, then you should give this a listen. It’s […]
Keeping up with your writing goals
In a post last week, I warned (complained about) how going into a writing session with no plan can be very unproductive if you’re not careful. The way to prevent that is to set goals. I always like to push the idea that, as writers, we need to set written, daily goals and commit to […]
5 Things You Need to do RIGHT NOW if You Want to Start Writing
This post is for the person who has always wanted to write but hasn’t started yet. Or the person who might have started writing something a couple of times, but never actually finished a short story. Or maybe even for the person who casually writes fiction, but hasn’t gotten serious about it yet. It’s five […]
10 Day Writing Challenge
There is nothing worse than when you block out a few hours for some uninterrupted writing time and then when you get everything ready to get started, you run into a massive and sudden bout of writer’s block. It’s like, “What the hell, where did all of my ideas go?” This happens to me sometimes […]
Balancing writing with real life
So the exciting news is that my wife and I are expecting a baby girl any day now. With two young children and another one the way, it’s safe to say we’ll be pretty busy for the next, oh I don’t know, twenty years or so. But in the meantime, the next few weeks are […]
Rockin’ out like it’s ’94
I heard Back to the Shack by Weezer for the first time on the radio this morning. Yeah, I know the song came out last year, so sue me for not keeping up with Weezer as of late. Anyhow, a prominent line in the song is “Rockin’ out like it’s ’94.” 1994? That’s the year […]
5 Steps to Overcoming Writer’s Block
I was looking over my so-called writing accomplishments for the year so far, and I started to feel a little down about my writing. I know I shouldn’t; it’s not like I’ve wasted the last 23 days. In fact January has been pretty good so far. I launched Write Good Books on the first of […]