Natalie Goldberg is the author of one of the top “how to write” books: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within. Here’s a succinct bit of realism about getting started. “Nobody cares much whether you write or not. You just have to do it” Want more? Check out the complete » Read More
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The March of Technology for Writers
We live in an age of technology. It’s easy to forget that a lot of the technology we take for granted is relatively recent. For most of history, if you wanted to write a book, you did it by hand. Charles Dickens wrote 15 novels, five novellas, and hundreds of short stories. He did it all by hand. When I got out of » Read More
Not so fast: Things to think about before you write a word
Writing a book is hard work. If you want to write a book you’re proud of, you’ll probably spend at least a year writing it. That’s a year of hard work and sacrifice. Before you commit to a project like that, you should take the time to figure out whether your project will deliver what you want. Here » Read More
Writing on Vacation
According to the dictionary, vacation is “exemption from service, respite from work.” The word traces its origin back to this to the Latin for “to be empty, be free, have leisure.” That fits my understanding. Vacation is supposed to be time away from work and all the projects of regular everyday life. Now, if » Read More
Write it down!
Writing is all around us every day. It’s so much a part of our daily life that we don’t give it much thought. But writing is an amazing tool that can make your business and life better. Here are a few ways. When you’re working on a book You may be one of the readers of this blog who wants to write a book » Read More