Note: You can read an updated version of this post here. Once upon a time, there were two girls, Julie and Joan. Julie was born with a gift for words. She taught herself to read when she was four. She was writing stories when she was six. In high school, she could write an essay …
“Publishing doesn’t change your life or make it easier to write.” ~ Heather Sellers I just finished reading Page after Page, by Heather Sellers, and while I’m going to wait to post a full review, today I want to share a passage from the latter part of the book. Heather writes that, on average, each …
“If you want to write, stop qualifying yourself for every other job that is not writing. You need to search for more areas in which you are underqualified. That is humbling, isn’t it?” ~ Heather Sellers I’m continuing to read, slowly and steadily, Heather Sellers’ Page after Page, and it rewards me each day with …
Yesterday I read an article about “20 Blogging Milestones” designed to help bloggers “figure out if you’re on the right path.” What I found inspiring about the list was all the small successes all of us, but writers in particular, might miss celebrating along the way or later forget altogether as we keep trying to …
Writing is not a zero sum game. Regardless of where we are in the writing journey or what our specific goals are, we all can take joy in the success of other writers, learn from them, and draw inspiration and energy from their success.