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The Writing Life

Coping with the Writing Life
Excuses, Excuses... How to Guarantee Failure as a Writer - Lee Masterson
Feeling Guilty about Writing Too Much for Too Little? Shed the Guilt, Discover the Rewards - Susie Yakowicz
Making Your Writing World Safe - Jane Anne Staw
Recharging the Writer Battery: Six Ways to Keep Going When Times Get Tough - Mindy Hardwick
Ten Tips on Beating the Writing Blues - Lynn Alfino
What To Do When the Writing Motivation Wavers - Susan Miles
When Fear Gets in the Way - Moira Allen
Write What You Want to Write! - Dawn Copeman
Writers Anonymous: A 12 Step Program for Addicted Writers - Steff Green

Rejection
Coping with Rejection - Moira Allen
Why You Get Form Rejection Letters - Jenna Glatzer

Writer's Block
Beating Writer's Block and Honing Your Skills - Dawn Copeman
Facing Down Life Block - Donnell King
Fighting Writer's Block, Part I: Causes and Cures - David Taylor
Fighting Writer's Block, Part 2: Block Writing and Speed Writing - David Taylor
Writer's Block: Is It All In Your Head? - Leslie What

Have a Healthier, Happier Writing Life
Avoiding Repetitive-Stress Injuries: A Writer's Guide - Geoff Hart
Music to Write By - Indra Sena
RSI: A Danger to Chronic Computer Users - Radhika Meganathan
Technology or Old Fashioned Ways? - Dawn Copeman
Yoga, Stretching and You - Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz

Time Management
Eliminating Timewasters - Moira Allen (editorial)
Deck the Halls... and Clear the Decks! - Moira Allen (editorial)
Enforcing Boundaries: Making Sure Others Respect Your "Right to Write" - Kristi Holl
Finding Time to Write - Moira Allen
Giving Something Back - Dawn Copeman
How Writing Every Day Keeps You Writing... Every Day! - Dana Mitchells
I Could Be A Writer, Too - If I Only Had The Time - Roberta Roesch
Organizing Your Writing Time - Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz
Take Control of Your Time! - Kelle Campbell
Taking Time Off: Planning a Vacation - Denene Brox
Tips from the Procrastination Princess - Mridu Khullar

Using Footpower to Boost Your Brainpower: How Walking Away Can Improve Your Writing, by Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant
When You're Not in the Mood to Write - Noelle Sterne
A Writing Plan for the New Year - by Shaunna Privratsky

Coffee on the Deck - Ramblings on the Writing Life - by Moira Allen
Why We Mumble (Plus Tips on Using a Ghostwriter)
Grasping at Pennies
Fireworks or a Working Fire? (or, Bestsellerdom vs. Longsellerdom)
The Secret of Success
Where Were We Then? (Musings on the Royal Wedding)
The Second Time Around: Creativity vs. Drudgery (or, Facing the Second Draft)
Is it January Again? Eliminating Timewasters in 2011
Is It Always Better to Give than to Receive?
Giving Thanks; Or, Why Writers Are Still Needed
Ruminations of the Book Dinosaur
To Lit or Not to Lit?
What Do You Know?
The Disappearing Writer
Seeking the Muse
Bite-Size Resolutions
Permanence vs. Accessibility (or, Books vs. Web)
Grammar Matters!
Remember Summer Vacation?
Feeling Like a Dinosaur
Our Reach and Our Grasp
But First...
Stirring the Nest
Why We Do What We Do
Wish You Merry... (Happy Holidays in Not-So-Happy Times)
Are You Doing What You Love?
Prophets Without Honor
Does Your Work "Deserve" Copyright Protection? Just Ask Google!
Koziol vs. Booksurge -- Cause for Cheering... or Head-scratching?
How Do You Define Success?
Have We Changed How We Use and View the Internet?

Moving On...
For more information on advanced freelancing topics, including how to target specific markets, please visit our Freelancing section.

For information on handling the business of writing, including income and expenses, contracts, rights, and related issues, please see our Business of Writing section.


Recommended Reading


Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life


On Writing (Stephen King)


Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

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