Ask Yourself These Five Questions As a writer, I have had my share of rejections. It goes with the territory. Hopefully, it doesn’t defeat you and you continue to get out there with your work and keep submitting potential freelance clients, publishing houses, agents, and contests. Of course, we all…

I found the perfect antidote to writer burnout We’ve all learned how certain practices support others. Such a taking a walk can help us work out a problem or vacuuming the carpet encourages the resolution for a dilemma. For me it is hard labor of picking fruit and canning that…

Tips On How to Grow Your Business Faster and Maintain Momentum For new companies that want to ramp up quickly, the “go to” approach for fast growth is “growth hacking.” Growth hacking is a method for start-ups to reach larger audiences in a short amount of time. …

Writing is about inhabiting an entire world and everything we experience When we walk through life in the real world, there are things around us we don’t necessarily notice. We just absorb the sight and smells that make up our reality. However, in order to bring your book and the…

I regret I didn’t recognize her wisdom when she was alive — It just doesn’t get easier every year after she died. My mother was not your typical mom with cookies when you came home from school. …

I’ve complained before about the empty and misleading promises — OK, so maybe I’m jealous, but not really. I’m seriously annoyed about misleading headlines that promise one thing but never deliver. Such as, “I made $1,000 on one blog post.” What they don’t tell you is that it wasn’t just on Medium. It was part of a freelance project or…

Looking for solutions — I have a lot of work on my desk, and I can’t seem to focus on anything. I’m so frustrated, but can’t overcome the ADHD I’m experiencing. …

An excellent way to get past the doldrums — Are you in a writing funk these days? Sometimes it is just too difficult to sit down and write. Maybe you are out of ideas. Wow, that happens a lot, no matter how many Medium blogs are created to tell you how to overcome the blahs. I know because I…

What you need to know to keep going — This post is from Mary Knipple, a writing coach, and mentor: “Your Writing Mentor” Hearing the word audit, do you think about the familiar April 15 deadline and the number crunching for the Internal Revenue Service? That’s not what I’m suggesting you focus on here. No, I’m referring to a…