GOODBYE Dear Readers: This is my last post for Live to Write – Write to Live. It has been deeply gratifying to post my thoughts about the business and craft of writing here every other week for almost eight years. I have enjoyed sharing my knowledge, my successes and my challenges with you. And I’ve […]
Reposting: Six Writing Lessons From The Garden
I love to garden. It’s a meditative activity – something I can do while my mind freewheels. Last Sunday, I found myself thinking how preparing a small vegetable patch is like writing a book. Lesson 1: Writing is Solitary. For the first time in thirty years, I’m planting the garden solo. My husband helped me […]
Setting Goals for 2018
Last year, I made affirmations, not resolutions; this year, I’m setting goals for 2018. I’m using a technique I learned last February, when I felt overwhelmed by projects and obligations. It worked, so I’m trying it again. THE TECHNIQUE Take a pad of paper, sticky notes, or a stack of index cards and write one […]
Personal Becomes Universal Through Research
Guest Post by Novelist Donna D. Vitucci The answer to my question, How long does it take to write a book? is fifteen for the novelist Donna Vitucci, who has just published Salt of Patriots after fifteen years of research, writing and revision. In this guest post, Vitucci describes what motivated her – and kept her […]
Paid to Talk
An unintended consequence of being a writer is being paid to talk. Never shy about sharing my knowledge or opinions in print, I now speak them out loud to just about anyone who wants to listen, and I do it in a way that’s not just informative but also entertaining. And yet – just as […]
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