By Lesley L. Smith There’s a stereotype of the writer hammering away on her typewriter late into the night in a cold lonely garret in Paris. Okay, nowadays, she’s stereotypically hammering on her computer keyboard. Maybe she’s wearing those gloves with the fingertips missing. Maybe she’s drinking bourbon or scotch or rye. In pretty much…
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Is It Worth It?
By Lisa Brown Roberts Last fall, I participated on the RMFW First Sale Panel. We had a great time talking about our books, and taking questions from the audience. One question has stuck with me ever since. Someone asked, “Is it worth it?” Essentially, all the blood, sweat, and tears getting to this point of…
Do You Need To Warm-Up Your Writing?
By Colleen Oakes The other day I was trying to explain to someone why I can’t write for just two hours. In two hours, I can do a lot of things. I can clean a house, take my toddler to the park, watch a movie. But I can’t write. Sure, I can put words on…
Setting Up Your Goals – Make Your Bed and Lie in it!
By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer If you’re anything like me, and I know you are, your New Year’s resolution lasted until January 3rd. The 2nd if it involved not eating cake. Thankfully, for the sake of humanity, most of our writerly resolutions do not involve the consumption of baked goods. However, they do include the dreaded…
Need more writing time? Start billing it!
By Janet Lane Hi, all! I’m glad to be joining the accomplished stable of writers on RMFW’s blog. I thought I’d start the conversational ball rolling by reminding you that it’s not too late to make a New Year’s Commitment: FIND MORE WRITING TIME! If you’re like me, one of the hardest aspects of writing…