Writer, Editor, Artist, GameLit-ist
Apparently when I give myself too many “every day” “every month” “every two weeks”-type tasks, I start to get overwhelmed. And rather than that overwhelmed-ness stoking a fire in me, it can kind of lead to…apathy.
It feels like the task itself is easy, but the run-up to actually beginning the task is difficult. No, the run-up isn’t even difficult for me right now. It’s the consistency part.
Continue reading “Schedule Slip and Not-So-Daily Tasks”You are an artist. You are afraid of heckling on the internet. But if you’re gonna overcome the block and put anything out there, you either have to throw all caution to the wind or hold strong in the conviction that your audience wants to like you.
Continue reading “Your Audience Wants to Like You”Lately I’ve fallen into the trap of sacrificing harder creative work for tedious-but-predictable busywork. How to crawl out of the trap?
Continue reading “Don’t Keep Going for the Easy Win”They say we feel negative emotions more strongly than positive ones. Maybe that explains why when I receive anything vaguely resembling negative criticism on my written work, I get unreasonably nervous.
Continue reading “Thicken That Skin!”The only way I can motivate myself to exercise until I sweat—and I mean real, droplets-flinging-into-my-eyes-like-I-just-got-out-the-shower sweat—is by dancing with wild abandon. And yet I have no rhythm. That’s why I keep the windows closed.
Wait…my blinds collapsed a month ago. Never mind that part.
Continue reading “Dancercise! …For Those With No Moves”When I have a really successful week followed by a slack one, it’s like New Me seeing Old, More Successful Me across the backyard fence. New Me struggles to assemble a pool while Old Me happily trims the bushes.
“Hidely-ho, neighborino!” says Old Me.
“RRRAAAAAUGH!” screams New Me as the pool explodes.
Continue reading “Productivity Talk: My Inner Ned, My Inner Homer”Recently I realized that I like to repeat not just character types, but character ensembles. And my lack of creativity scared me.
Continue reading “Writers, Here’s Why It’s Impossible to Rip Yourself Off”I wiped out hard this holiday season.
Continue reading “‘Tis the Season to Relax-y”So you’ve written 500 pages of your novel. Problem: you need a hundred more before you finish. And it’s really wearing on you.
Continue reading “End the Slog: How to Write, Finish, and Have Fun Doing It”I told the world I would write every day. Then I stopped for a week. And now writing is scary again.
Continue reading “How to Write After You Break the Streak”
