You know what your voice sounds like. You write in it every day, after all. (Haha, just kidding. Did I make you feel inadequate by implying everyone else in the world writes every day?) The trouble is, this is a business you’re running here. And you need your voice to come out the same every time you write. You know, so you look consistent and professional. You don’t want to […]
Writing
On Writing: How Much Description is TOO Much?
I started reading Geek Love by Katherine Dunn last year, and god, it was dense. Now, I am not someone who perseveres through books she’s not enjoying. I will dump that shit faster than my boyfriend the day before Valentine’s Day. (Side note: I like the 10% rule. If you’re not interested by 10%, put the book down and move on. Also applies to boyfriends, probably.) But this book had […]
A Life-Changing Mantra for the Unconfident Writer
Are you one of those writers who panics about not being good enough? I’m betting you are. I mean, there’s like an 80% chance that you are. Unless you’re not a writer and are just here for the awesome logo (LOOK CLOSER) and witty repartee, in which case, well, hi, I guess. But back to the 80% – I know you. I’ve met many people like you. The lack of […]
5 Lessons from a Group Writing Challenge
Last week I shared my own lessons from the 28-day writing challenge. But I am just one person! An awesome person, admittedly, but still only one. So I thought it’d be fun to share some of the insights from everyone else who took the challenge alongside me. Here’s what this beautiful burgeoning community had to say: Accountability Works One of the main reasons I started this challenge was to help […]
What I Learned from Writing 500 Words a Day
For this entire year I’ve been saying how I thought writing every day would be the most impactful thing I could do for my business. But I still never did anything about it. Instead I’ve been creating new courses, running old ones, and swanning about the globe. So at the start of October I got my shit together and started a new 28-day challenge: to write 500 words every single […]
Do You Wish You Wrote More? JOIN ME ON THIS QUEST.
Ever got into such horrendous productivity habits that you end up like this: ‘Ugghhh. I need to write. But I can’t remember how. I hate myself.’ And then you stare vacantly into your coffee for three hours lamenting your entire life’s purpose and wondering if you will ever achieve anything worthwhile in this pitiful existence of yours. Uh, yeah, no. Me neither. But you do wish you wrote more, right? […]
How to Not Instantly Forget All the Shit You Learn
Do you ever feel like there is just TOO MUCH TO LEARN? Which sucks, because you want to be smarter and, you know, intelligible in conversations over dinner. And so you try to devour everything as quickly as you can to make time for it all. Or, at least, you feel like you should devour as much as you can as quickly as you can. Well, I’m sorry to tell […]
Losing Motivation to Follow Your Dream? Try This.
Do you constantly scour the web looking for the next inspiring article to encourage you to go after your dreams, chase your passions, do what you love – and then promptly flip the kettle on, grab the cookies, and hunt down the next inspirational article? Yeah. You need to stop that. The occasional dose of inspiration is fine, sure. If you’ve hit a low point and need a kick up […]
Unproductive at Home? 4 Steps to Make Your Home Office Work for You
Last year I wrote a post about the importance of having a work space outside of your home. Because sometimes you just can’t get into the right frame of mind to work from home, right? It happens to all of us. We just don’t want to do the work. ‘Screw you, home office! I’m going to do some other very important tasks right now, like cleaning the bathroom, washing the […]