Today I’m sharing some mistakes I’ve made when it comes to submitting pieces for publication. Remember, this is my year of being ENOUGH, so I am not sharing these to beat myself up, but to continue to adopt a fail-fast strategy. I may have failed and made mistakes, but I can learn from them. Also, …
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When It’s Time to Retire My Writing Hour
Writing is so full of stops and starts, failures and successes. It is never easy. I have come to realize that my four am writing hour isn’t really working anymore. I’m getting up at that ungodly hour every morning, only to stare at a blank screen or peruse Facebook most days. A few weeks ago …
Why I Am That Insane Person Who Gets Up at 4 AM
A friend and fellow blogger/writer who knows I get up early to write recently asked me, “What time do you go to bed and how do you motivate yourself not to hit the snooze button?” I thought I’d outline some of my writing practices and tell you a bit of my writing story. First of …
I Just Can’t and Please Let Me Give Up and Other Self-Pitying Rants
So. It’s done. For now, at least. And I read through it. For the 415th time. And guess what? I don’t think it’s that great. All the doubts start to creep in: Who would read this? This part is too theological. This part is too boring. Spiritual memoirs are a dime a dozen nowadays. I …