This post was originally published on August 21, 2013 The writing life is hard. Don’t get me wrong – I love to write, and I’m full of gratitude every day that I’m lucky enough to be a writer. Well, okay most days I’m grateful. There are times when I want to shout “what did I…
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Four Benefits of Writing Morning Pages
By Kerry Schafer Author Julia Cameron is a beautiful soul. I confess I haven’t yet read The Artist’s Way, but I have read (repeatedly) the life book she wrote for authors: The Right to Write. In both of these books she talks about what she calls Morning Pages. The concept is simple. Every morning when…
Me? A Procrastinator?
By Kerry Schafer Procrastination. A fascinating topic — one I can spend hours discussing, analyzing, and lamenting as a lovely (and valid) evasion from whatever task I’m procrastinating from. Now, I know procrastination has a bad rap, and a lot of people think its roots lie in sheer laziness. This is a myth that…
The Worry List
The Worry List – by Kerry Schafer It’s hard to write when your head feels like the kitchen junk drawer. You know the one. It’s the place for random elastic bands and those little plastic things from bread bags. Coupons you’re going to use some day. The screw that inexplicably dropped out of the bottom…
Managing Writer Stress: Body Scan for Deeper Relaxation
By Kerry Schafer It’s 5 am and I’m settling into the hour of morning writing time I’ve carved out of my day. In the back of my head I’m wondering where I’m going to find time for all of the other things on the list. Here’s the Coles Notes version: 1. A day job that…