By guest blogger Valeka Cruz I had a moment last week, while working on a course assignment for the Fear of Writing Online Course, that I felt like I had lost my writing mojo. I felt lost and a little confused by this happening. I had been doing great in the course, enjoying and learning…
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Yes, We Can Be Healthy Writers
By guest blogger Lois Eighmy About 4 – 4 ½ months ago, I began to think more seriously about my health. Being a writer can make one very sedentary, as you need to sit still to write. I’d been doing this for a long time, slowly packing on the pounds, and I was tired of…
This precious thing of relaxing and doing what we love
By guest blogger Estrella Azul The first time I reached 10,000 words in one day was the Wednesday 10K Day on June 27th. I wasn’t supposed to have the day off. But then I did, and decided to spend it writing. I couldn’t have made a better choice! Some preparations were made ahead of time,…
Emotional Rescue
By guest blogger Roz Wilson The term “emotional rescue,” coined by my new friend and author of Fear of Writing, Milli Thornton, sounds like a real remedy that I am in desperate need of. I’ve been looking for a great excuse to write without restraint and with Attitude, Baby! I feel the power already. I…
Baking Up Words
By guest blogger Valeka Cruz Over the past few months, I have been doing a lot of baking. What started out as baking treats for my dogs, has given way to baking cookies for friends and family. For me, baking “people” cookies started out with simple oatmeal cookies. They were easy, uncomplicated and made me…
Fear of NaNoWriMo!
By guest blogger Carole Jane Treggett Call me crazy, but I’m finally answering the creative call of the wild and doing NaNo this year. In case you might not know what this annual event is all about, the National Novel Writing Month is an online creative writing initiative which challenges participants to write 50,000 words…
Music and Writing: A two-part harmony
By guest blogger Carole Jane Treggett Recently I wrote a post called A Whole New Meaning to “Finding Your Voice”. So many epiphanies went into the creation of that post, I decided to create a new blog category (named “finding your voice“) and invite our readers to contribute. Here’s our second contributor; please help me…
My Very Own Voice, Loud and Clear
By guest blogger Valeka Cruz Recently I wrote a post called A Whole New Meaning to “Finding Your Voice”. So many epiphanies went into the creation of that post, I decided to create a new blog category (named “finding your voice”) and invite our readers to contribute. Here’s our first contributor; please help me welcome…
Fear of Being Funny
By guest blogger Charlotte Rains Dixon I’ve never thought of myself as funny. And yet, my forthcoming novel (Emma Jean’s Bad Behavior, Vagabondage Press, Feb 2013) is funny. It’s not just me saying that, hoping it’s funny. The novel is actually funny, conceited as it feels to say. How do I know this? (Because there’s…
Healthy Writers Series: Exorcising Your Writing Fears With Exercise
By guest blogger Tania Dakka. Writing can be scary! Especially if you’re just starting out. You don’t know who to turn to for help. You rely on others for their opinions of your work. And you wait on someone else to tell you if your writing is OK. Whenever you step into a world that’s…
