I feel so excited while I’m writing, but when it comes time to share my work, I freeze. I’ve had to get over that, but rejection is difficult for me, as it is for a lot of writers. What Helps Me Deal with Rejection Rejection hasn’t stopped me, but I’veContinue Reading
My biggest emotional challenges of being a writer can change depending on where I am in the process. Overall, I would say it’s coping with depression as that has been a struggle most of my adult life. It affects so many areas, like whether I can talk myself into writingContinue Reading
Before I became a writer, I was a reader who enjoyed historical fiction more than other novels or non-fiction. In middle school, I enjoyed books written by Jean Plaidy, (one of Eleanor Burford Hibbert’s several pen names), because she depicted her characters as real people rather than names in aContinue Reading
The biggest emotional challenge of being a writer is trying to balance my passion for the craft, the time commitment required to bring an idea to fruition, and the demands of full-time work and parenting. I am a full-time teacher with three young children. I am also a “sandwiched” generationContinue Reading
Self-doubt by far is the biggest emotional hurdle I deal with. It creeps up on me right before I publish something—whether it’s a book or a blog post. I really have to talk myself through it right before I hit that publish button. Fortunately, it hasn’t ever completely derailed myContinue Reading
My biggest emotional challenge as a writer has always been balancing writing with the need to pay the bills. I grew up in a working-class family. My parents had little extra money. I knew from an early age that I’d have to work at a job that paid. And sinceContinue Reading
Surveys show that most Americans want to get in shape. You may have this as one of your New Year’s resolutions. We also understand that daily exercise is important for good health. Yet those same surveys show that despite these two facts, the majority of Americans don’t commit to dailyContinue Reading
I’m not really the type to get super-emotional about things. I will say that the year and a half we were fostering our 2 1/2 year old (now our adopted daughter 🙂 ) was an extremely difficult time to balance writing and family issues. I’d also say there’s a levelContinue Reading
I don’t think there’s been a day where I haven’t felt overwhelmed since I started writing. I think this is largely because I struggle with a number of emotional challenges that all pile on top of each other. There’s the self-doubt that what I’m writing is any good. Flagging motivationContinue Reading
August 15th is National Relaxation Day. Fourth-grader Sean Moeller of Michigan is said to have founded the day in 1985. The Des Moines Register reported on the 9-year-old boy’s thoughts on the matter. “People don’t think enough about relaxing,” he told the paper. “They think too much about working, andContinue Reading
The biggest emotional challenge I struggle with would probably be self-doubt. It’s very intimidating to send off your writing for others to read and judge, and sometimes hate. I put a lot of myself into my writing and my characters and I hold them very dear. Having someone read it,Continue Reading
Are you one of the few energetic writers getting a lot done in January? Or would you rather pull the covers back over your head? If you feel tired and draggy during the month of January, you’re not alone. January Can Feel Like an Energy Drag It’s so common toContinue Reading