By Milli Thornton 4/25/12 – It’s the 10K Day today and I just learned a fun trick about listening to write. I had my writing plans for the day, which included some journaling, a little fiction, several blog posts and some lessons for a new online writing course (Ace Your 10K Day!). Quite a ways…
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How to Dream a Writing Retreat Into Your Life
By Milli Thornton I WAS DREAMING of a week-long writing retreat—or even two weeks—because I want to write a new book. Sure, I can write at home. I do that nearly every day. But this is the kind of book that would thrive on a little extra magic. Financially, a one-week retreat was not even…
Don’t Focus on What Doesn’t Matter
By Milli Thornton Whenever a life lesson bonks me over the head, I’m the nerdy kind who will write a pithy reminder on a brightly-colored sticky note and prop it prominently on my desk to remind me. My desk can look kind of hilarious at times. Brian remarked on it the other day, after seeing…
From Stuck to Unstuck in One Easy Step
By guest blogger Deonne Kahler Feeling stuck with your writing? Join the club. Despite the fact that Joyce Carol Oates seems to crank out a new book every, oh, 73 seconds, the rest of us struggle with the occasional writing quagmire. Here are a few of the reasons I’ve been stuck in the past, and…
You Just Have to Talk to the Right Person!
By Milli Thornton I DON’T USE this blog for giving advice on how to get published. There’s tons of good advice out there and Fear of Writing is here to fill an entirely different niche. I’m also a self-published writer, so I don’t keep up with the trends. But something happened to me today that…
Writing for the End of the World
By Milli Thornton THE END OF THE WORLD may be coming as advertised. On the other hand, it could all be a hoax the way Y2K was. Who knows? All I know is that I’m not going to spend 2012 listening to scary predictions. I’m going to spend it on my creative dreams. I decided…
A Week of Taking Action
By Milli Thornton LAST NOVEMBER I woke up one Monday morning and said to myself, “This is going to be a week of taking action.” That sounded so good—and I felt so ready for it—I decided to name it that. A Week of Taking Action. It had a thrilling ring to it that made me…
How do you get yourself out of a funk so you can write?
By Milli Thornton AS OFTEN AS possible, I try to set aside Wednesdays for my own writing. I don’t make appointments, I don’t visit other people’s blogs and I don’t tweet. I don’t work on my To-Do list or run errands. Usually, Brian will cook dinner that day so I can roll with whatever momentum…
A Writer’s Spreadsheet
By Milli Thornton Milli, I want to let you know how much I adore writing for you, simply because of the sheer enthusiasm you have for what we’re all doing. I’ve come to thrive on it, I want you to enjoy what I write and that gees me on soooo much. — JM Merchant MY…
What If Your Writing Blog Crashed? blogVault WordPress Plugin Review and Bonus Taj Mahal Story
By Milli Thornton NEVER BEFORE in the history of the FoW blog have I done anything remotely resembling this kind of review. You can take this to mean that I’m only inserting such a review into the middle of all the writing-related posts and activities because I feel it’s very important and worthwhile to share….
