writer’s block

  • How I Write Books

    How I Write Books

    “This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put on word after another until it’s done. It’s that easy, and that hard.” – Neil Gaiman There are many ways to plan and develop a novel, and it’s up to you as a writer to figure out what works best

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  • The Importance of Writing Consistently

    Recently, I have finished a book in two months and am ahead in my word count for NaNoWriMo all while teaching full-time and finishing grad school. Because of this, a question I keep getting from my students and coworkers is “how do you find the time?” Here’s the deal: I don’t have much time for

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  • Back in the Writer’s Seat

    It has been nearly a year since I have posted anything to this blog. With everything that’s happened over the past eighteen months or so and trying to adjust to it has left little room for creative thought. Returning to this blog is not an acknowledgement that things are better now, though in some ways

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  • Feeling the Spark Again

    Feeling the Spark Again

    It has been well over two month since my last post, and a lot has happened in my life and the world around us since then. With everything going on, I have been feeling completely uninspired to write. During this quarantine, I have even dismantled most of my writer’s platform in the fear of becoming

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  • When Writers Block Has You in a Strangle Hold

    I have been struggling the past month or so with working through writer’s block. When I was younger, I thought writer’s block was just an excuse people gave themselves for being lazy, but over the past few years, I have had several instances of writer’s block that have taken months and months of productive writing

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