For writers, there's no better place to be than in the zone. When the words are flowing, your characters are behaving, and everything is coming together. We love sitting down to write at 7:00 PM and not knowing how much time is flying by until we look up and realize it's somehow 1:00 in the morning. But for some writers, it can be hard to get into that state of mind. We live in a world of distractions. There are things that need our attention outside of our writing that somet

I have a confession to make: do you remember those icebreaker activities your teachers would make you do during the first day of school? The ones that nearly everyone I know loathed participating in? I secretly loved them. Even though there's nothing like the internal panic of your mind going blank when you're tasked with coming up with an animal that starts with the same letter as your first name (in addition to remembering all of the names and animals that were said before

2024 has been an exciting year for this blog! I was able to give it a long-overdue overhaul I'm incredibly pleased with. I finally got my newsletter up and running after saying I would for Lord knows how long. I uploaded my 300th post back in September and just a few weeks ago, I celebrated the sixth anniversary of launching the site! Even though I've occasionally heard people say that blogs are outdated, I've always felt that this platform works better for me (and my schedul

This week, we're celebrating the sixth anniversary of the blog! 2024 has been an especially remarkable year for the blog, as it not only saw a total glow-up but I was also approved to run Google AdSense, meaning I'm able to earn a tiny bit from my posts; though far from enough to make a livable income, it's a good start and pretty darn motivating to be earning something for my writing. I've learned a lot about writing over these six years, and I think it's fair to say that th

The vast majority of writing-related posts on my blog have to do with fiction. Sometimes, it will be more generalized advice and tips or more specific looks into my own ongoing WIPs. This week, I'm shifting gears ever so slightly with a more blogging-focused post. Even though I recently celebrated five years of running the blog, I haven't shared much about my process and what goes on on my side of the screen. I usually keep the focus on my fiction projects. That's why I thoug

Plenty of things happen on my side of the screen that most people don't get to see. There's the abundance of scrap paper with potential...