So recently, in the writing community, we’ve been a-buzz over a blog post that warned no writer should ever write four books in one year. I won’t paraphrase, but issues came up over quality and care and other such fears for people who write fast. I thought I could write a big long blog post…
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Life Work Balance
Yeah, I know, it’s backwards. Everyone always says Work/Life balance, right? Well, after Colorado Gold this month, I can see how we’ve had it wrong all this time. I mean, really, which is more important: Life or Work? (Hint: this is not a hard question to answer) Yes, most of us need to work to…
Where to Begin: A Review of Sharon Mignerey’s Workshop … by Samantha Ross
The story is … off. There is something wrong with it, and you don’t know exactly what it is. How do you fix it? Something went wrong somewhere. Not sure where. Or what is wrong. You’re stuck. It’s a huge tangle. How do you even start to fix it? You start at the beginning. Oh,…
Colorado Gold 2015: Another Wonderful Weekend With the Herd
Another Colorado Gold Conference (my sixth) has come and gone. No matter how I try to freeze the clock, somehow the moments pass–far faster than normal–and it seems things have no sooner started than I’m home once more and waiting for the next one. This was an unusually wonderful Colorado Gold for me, this year,…
Finding Your People
What made the conference spectacularly awesome was hanging out with other writers. I skipped interesting and informative classes to talk to writers. I stayed up way past my bedtime and functioned on minimal sleep in order to spend time hanging out with writers. I even skipped coffee once or twice in order to talk to writers.