Ha, this post is a little later than usual because I had one of those 14-hour days yesterday at the day job. And the long hours will probably continue until this problem is fixed.

So my writing took the back seat to what needed to be done.

One thing that I’ve been working on this year especially [...]

Since the chaos of my day job has settled down tremendously, I’ve been able to spend every day with my novel project.

And guess what?

The daily exposure has reaped major benefits.

Notice that I didn’t say “daily writing” — but daily exposure. This could mean looking over your chapters. It could mean creating character arcs or plot [...]

When I first started this novelist journey, I wasn’t consistent with my writing. I would go in spurts and stop literally for months at a time. I learned that for me to finish a novel and get it ready for submission, I would have to get organized.

I learned the value of making writing “to-do” lists. [...]

Last month, I posted about the current struggle I had with balancing writing with my day job.
When I came to the conclusion that my novel wouldn’t be done as soon as I had anticipated, I was disappointed but then also a little relieved. I now had realistic expectations. Even more importantly, I wouldn’t be [...]

I think for the last month I’ve been in denial. Thinking that I can do several things at ONCE.
Multi-tasking is a MYTH. It simply can’t be done. You may *think* you can do it but something always suffers.
When you have another priority in your life besides writing a novel — and seriously that’s almost everyone [...]