Setting Your 2022 Writing Goals for Success

Setting Your 2022 Writing Goals for Success

The start of a new year always comes with a sense of new beginnings and a refreshed attitude. Making resolutions to write more and finish that novel go hand-in-hand with renewed energy. The problem is making that energy last beyond the second week. Sticking to those resolutions until they are fulfilled or underway and part of a new routine.

Rejection: It’s Okay to Feel the Pain

Rejection: It’s Okay to Feel the Pain

Writers get rejected. It’s part of the job. But the frequency with which it happens doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt.

Recently I threw my name into consideration for a contract position I wanted. It would have meant a significant cut in my rate, but an increase in my quality of life. I would have been writing about a topic that would have brought me joy. It was a job I also would have excelled at doing. But therein lies the problem—I was overqualified and too expensive. Or maybe they just didn’t like my pitch or tone or samples. Who knows? I never heard. It was one of those situations where you apply and hear crickets.

Start of School: How a Box of Pencils Inspires Better Writing and Renewed Passion for Freelancing

Start of School: How a Box of Pencils Inspires Better Writing and Renewed Passion for Freelancing

The sight of school supplies lined up in boxes in colorful store displays brings back memories. There is something magical seeing those pencils sharpened and ready to write new words and stories. It’s a writer’s dream. Even when I was a grade school student, I loved the colors and feel of pencils. Later, I became obsessed with pens and have boxes of them stashed in my office supply closet.

They contain possibilities. Words still unwritten. Stories begging to be released.

Three Questions to Ask Yourself If You Want to Be a Writer

Three Questions to Ask Yourself If You Want to Be a Writer

Lots of people talk about writing and being a writer. They dream about book signings and being famous, the photo on the back of the cover, the money. What few do is embrace what it takes to get there. The hard days/nights of work and the roller coaster of emotions that are inevitable. Even fewer actually sit down and write.

If you want to be one of this small group, ask yourself these three questions: