Do Writers Need Thick Skin? How to Take Criticism
One of the most common pieces of advice given to new writers is: Develop thick skin. As a literary agent, I've been told I need to develop thick skin too. However, I have a confession: I don't have thick skin. Not at all. I have a fragile heart, I take things...
Summer Strategies To Make The Most of the Slow Times in Business
Ahhh summer time. When the pace of life is different, a little slower perhaps. As communicators much of our life winds down, we can use this time to plan ahead for the other busy months. Join Kathi and Michele as they offer the strategies they use to make the most of...
5×5 Challenge
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” (African Proverb). OK friends. We’ve got this. The 5x5 challenge. If you’ve read my blog post about how I write 500 words a day, you, like a bunch of you who have messaged me, might have been...
How to Be a Professional Writer – On TV and In Real Life
TV has done us wrong… If you’ve watched any show featuring a writer in the last twenty years, all you have to do is put out a column once a week (I’m looking at you Carrie Bradshaw), and then hang out with your friends in bars or coffee shops talking about how the men...
Eps: #91 You Can Make a Difference – Becoming a Communicator that Changes the World
Hannah Brencher took a passion for communicating love to others through the media of writing letters. Like Hannah, we have each been given a passion, a drive in us to make a difference. Often we wonder if it is even possible. Join Kathi and Hannah today as they offer...
How to Create the Writing Life
How to Create the Writing Life The writing life doesn’t just happen. My experience has been that certain activities nurture the writing life. Let’s look at some practical ways we can create and nourish the writing life. Choose the writing life. Creating the writing...
Eps: #90: 4 Boundaries Every Writer Needs to Set and Keep in Order to Actually Finish that Writing Project
Kathi and Michele sit down to talk about setting boundaries when you need to sit down and finish a writing project. Michele offers four tips on how to do this and says, "You have to make time to write. Knowing the things you need to say no to so you can say yes to...
How to Train Your Muse Like You Train a Puppy
One of the difficult things about being a writer/speaker is having those days when you’re lacking inspiration, the words aren’t flowing, and you feel stuck. Pile enough days like that on top of one another and pretty soon you have the dreaded writer’s block. Ugh. But...
Eps: #89: How to Outline a Book Even Before You Start to Write Part 2
Kathi and Michele sit down with Kathleen Kerr, acquisitions editor at Harvest House Publishers for Part 2 of 'Outlining Your Book.' Kathleen offers two crucial steps when sitting down at your computer screen; 1.) Outline your book and 2.) Outline your chapters....
How to Wake Up and Write 500 Words a Day: 5 Tips to Make It Happen
I used to be a panic writer. I would put off writing until I had a deadline, and then lock myself in a room with nothing but coffee and panic until I got it done. Can I just say that is not a good writing plan? (And an even worse marital improvement plan.) I dreamed...
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