By Jennifer Garam Once in a while I see a post on another writer’s blog that I just have to have. I was reading this post over on One Writeous Chick and it felt so perfect for our FoW readers, I asked my friend Jen if I could republish it here. She was happy to…
Category Archives: guest bloggers
The Ways We Fraud Ourselves (Especially Writers?!)
By guest blogger Sandra Williams After reading Do You Suffer from Impostor Syndrome? on my friend Julia Munroe Martin’s writing blog, wordsxo, I decided to pull this post out of the archives from 2008. Because whenever we’re feeling this way, we’re apt to believe that we’re the only one. — Milli I’VE FOUND THAT whatever…
When to STOP editing
By guest blogger Estrella Azul THERE WAS THIS post that showed up in my Twitter feed one night last week as I was about to go to bed. It was so timely, I just had to read it then and there. As soon as I finished reading, I had to type out a few thoughts….
Thrilling First Results of the “Travel Writer Crash Course”
THE FIRST WRITER who read the Travel Writer Crash Course here on the Fear of Writing blog (which takes about 10 minutes to read) did not think she was qualified to participate in the program—but she took the risk of applying and has had a wonderful experience so far. Here is the story behind the…
Writing for Myself. And for Always.
By guest blogger Jenn Martin-Ilo I RECENTLY LOST my job because my company decided to outsource some of its payroll HR duties. Since I’ve been home, I have done a lot of thinking: What else can you do with freedom? (Okay, so I don’t really have much freedom since I have a six-month-old baby ….
What I Learned from My First 10K Day
By guest blogger Taryn Blake I SIGNED UP for my first 10K Day in June because I’d been trying for months to write content for a website I want to launch—but I’d been having zero luck getting past the stage of scribbling random notes here, there, and everywhere. At the end of the day I…
Blowing Up the Writing Balloon
By guest writer Vicki Lathom. Photos Copyright © Vicki Lathom. I guess it all started when I realized I wasn’t having fun with writing, but I had a lurking feeling that I might have fun if I just knew how. I’ve been writing for 40 years: majored in journalism, was a public information officer for…
Healthy Writers Series: Yummy, Snacky Salads
A joint post from guest bloggers Lois Eighmy & Catherine Greti In our last Healthy Writers post, I featured four yummy, healthy snacks—Stonyfield Chocolate Underground, raw almonds, deviled eggs and Kashi cookies—and asked readers what their favorite healthy snacks are. Two of our readers mentioned salads that sounded so delicious I decided to ask for…
Meeting the Muse
By guest blogger Joan Lambert Bailey This piece first appeared on Joan’s blog, Popcorn Homestead, and is reprinted here with permission. Written while she was participating in the 2011 Blogathon. Today’s theme for the Blogathon (five places I like to write) is one I’m really struggling with as it touches on a rather sensitive topic…
Life and writing are messy – but you’ve gotta love the challenge!
By guest blogger Estrella Azul This guest post was one of the toughest to submit so far. Sure there have been poetry and mainly flash fiction submissions sent in to various e-zines and some rejection emails, but that was fiction. I was okay enough with the rejections. What you’ll read below, though, are some of…
