It's the last Wednesday of January 2012 and a lot of New Year's Resolutions are starting to loose their glitter and shine. You still want to write a book this year or finish your current novel project. It is a writer's dream to complete this task. But it can be frustrating at times. This is when you must step back and remember that dreams can be fulfilled by maybe not in the instant gratification way our society says it should. Here are some reminders to hold fast to your … [Read more...]
Dreams Deferred
September 20, 2010 Read Comments
Some of you may have already read agent Nathan Bransford's post When Dreams Become Expectations. It brought a lot of "realness" to dreams and their connection to writer happiness. This part of the post was especially interesting to me about what he had to say about dreams/goals: "When you allow daydreams to fill that gap to get you through the tough times, or even when you're just letting your imagination get the best of you, the dreams can gradually evolve into the reason you were writing … [Read more...]
Dream Big or Go Home
January 13, 2010 Read Comments
Lisa Schroeder has an awesome series all this month on her blog, Dream Big 2010. The series highlights 26 authors for kids and teens who write about the topic of dreaming in a BIG way. So far, the authors have been great with their advice. Here are just a few of my favorite quotes from the series: "I continued to be open to the idea that ANYTHING is possible, and many things in life have happened only because someone dreamt the idea first." - Lisa Schroeder "If the thought of … [Read more...]
Definition of a Writer
October 14, 2009 Read Comments
I had a really rough day (only worked 10 hours today) so I went to the bookstore to unwind. The bookstore is my next favorite place besides the library to gain focus and draw energy from the thousands of books. I found a gem of a quotation in the November issue of O Magazine. It comes from writer Junot Diaz. In an article about creativity, he talked about how hard it was to write his second book. It took him 5 years before he decided to quit and live a "normal life" but his heart could not … [Read more...]
