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 [...]

As a writers with other responsibilities like a day job and/or a family, it can be really hard to find blocks of time to write.
For me, it was even a challenge to find time to write this blog post since I’m in the midst of some heavy lifting at the day job with my pending [...]

Most writers think it’s procrastination that puts a monkey wrench in their novel progress. But sometimes it can be something a little more subtle: Workcrastination.
I learned about this word from author Tayari Jones on her blog:
“[T]here is another, more sneaky, incarnation– Workscrastination.

This is when you blow off your novel for important stuff that needs doing, [...]

I’ve always been the kind of writer who wrote in the moment. That meant if there was a time space that I could fit writing in then that would work. It’s what how I completed my draft.
Now since I’ve started writing in the morning, I must admit it does have its advantages. Now I realize [...]