by Guest Blogger | Feb 17, 2020 | Inspiration, Writer's Life
by Tasha Seegmiller I don’t know how many times I’ve watched Elizabeth Gilbert’s first TED talk. I know it has been at least once a year for the past dozen or so, but there were some years that I needed to watch is more often. It is easily my favorite. Despite all...
by Guest Blogger | Feb 5, 2020 | Writer's Life, WriterStrong
by James Preston Time is your friend . . . and your enemy. You can never have enough. Yet it can stretch, minutes to seeming hours, in a boring movie that your date loves. It can race by when you’re writing to meet a deadline. . . . Time. I looked for fiction...
by Guest Blogger | Feb 3, 2020 | Writer's Life, WriterStrong
by Lori Freeland Anxiety. The word alone is enough to set off a tingle in my fingers, a tightness in my chest, and a worn-out mantra—Breathing is good. Passing out is bad—that rarely works. And I’m not alone. I’ve read so many posts from authors dealing with...
by Guest Blogger | Jan 13, 2020 | Barbara Linn Probst, Writer's Life
by Barbara Linn Probst There’s a special writing area I’ve created for myself. A glass-topped desk with very little to clutter the surface: laptop, coffee mug, desk lamp, and my little “owl with tiara” mascot. The desk faces a large window that looks out on trees and...
by Guest Blogger | Jan 8, 2020 | John Peragine, Writer's Life
by John Peragine In a recent blog post on Writer’s In the Storm, writers provided one word for other writers to contemplate for the New Year. The word I chose was Trust. I am a ghostwriter by trade and have years of experience writing and publishing books. When people...
by Guest Blogger | Jan 6, 2020 | Blogging Guests, Writer's Life
by Karen DeBonis Writer karma. It’s one of the myriad phrases I’ve learned over the last three years since I emerged as a writer. Writer karma has led me, an emerging writer, to be here at Writers in the Storm as a new quarterly contributor. Hello! A bit about me… I...