By Aaron Ritchey “Don’t demand that your art supports your life. Instead, make a promise that your life will always support your art. –Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, from her interview with Luc Berthelett “Life isn’t a support system for art. It’s the other way around.” –Stephen King from On Writing Okay, so…
Tag: the writing life
That Fleeting Magic
By Colleen Oakes It happened last night, in the middle of a long day of writing, editing and brain-storming. My writing buddy and I had hunkered down for a five hour session of hammering out the problems in our respective novels. Seriously, it’s such a perfect working relationship that it’s a little scary. This is…
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…
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…
Enough with the resolutions. It’s time for a revolution.
By Terri Benson I’ve been reading blogs and articles, seeing TV advertisements, and generally being inundated by the need for New Year’s resolutions. Lose weight. Go back to school. Start a new job. Everyone must strive to be better. Because clearly, I’m not as good as I should be, according to “them.” Well, I’ve had…