Why I Hate Editing My Own Work

I had a great call with my Write Better Faster coach today about why I always get tripped up on editing and feedback. Some people hate a blank page, and some people hate editing. It often varies because of your strengths. I’m really writing this blog post for myself, so …

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Y’all It Is Happening

 My friends and I are kind of freaking out. via GIPHY We are all writing short stories for this anthology I’ve mentioned that will be available for purchase, both as an e-book or paperback, starting early next year! Four of us will be debut authors together in it–and we’ve been …

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Writing Long is Hard! No Writing Short is Hard!

I’m laughing at myself because my writing history is as an English major focused on British works, newspaper reporter and copy desk editor, TV and radio reporter and producer, digital media producer, business strategist, paid media and consumer strategy marketer, and brand strategist. Simplifying down a lot of moves and …

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The End

I finished my book! But I so didn’t. So what’s up now? This last haul to complete has been crazy. When I last wrote a blog, I was at the 50% mark, and it was the end of March. April and May were crazy–I had some really good days, but …

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Write First = 50% Complete!

As stated to my coworking group on our monthly goal-setting call last month in February, my goal was “Write First” every day for March. Because the days that I don’t get as much work completed on my novel are when I start on some other personal life task–finances, something for …

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What Else Can I Do? H/T Encanto

Y’all my kids have been singing Encanto on repeat. But I never dreamed it was going to help me with my creative endeavors. Lo and behold, about 2 weeks ago, I was deep in research because I had paused my writing when I thought maybe, just maybe, I was bullshitting …

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It’s a New Year Baby

You’ll probably see a bit less of me blogging or sending the newsletter, at least through April. I’m hyper-focused on minimizing distractions in my life and doing what matters most to me to achieve my goals. Or if I do post, I’ll try to make it short and to-the-point, a …

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