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The Writing Life

See also:
Starting Your Writing Career
Coffee on the Deck: Ramblings on the Writing Life

Coping with the Writing Life
Beating Burnout - Tips for Copywriters and Every Writer - Dawn Copeman
Disheartened And Dragging? Write Yourself a Letter - Noelle Sterne
Do You, Author, Take This Novel....? - Moira Allen
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
Giving Something Back - Dawn Copeman
Making Your Writing World Safe - Jane Anne Staw
New Beginnings, Again - Moira Allen
Recharging the Writer Battery: Six Ways to Keep Going When Times Get Tough - Mindy Hardwick
Ten Tips on Beating the Writing Blues - Lynn Alfino
Using Footpower to Boost Your Brainpower: How Walking Away Can Improve Your Writing, by Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant
What To Do When the Writing Motivation Wavers - Susan Miles
When Fear Gets in the Way - Moira Allen
When You're Not in the Mood to Write - Noelle Sterne
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
How to Repurpose Your Rejection - Isabella E.C. Akinseye
Why You Get Form Rejection Letters - Jenna Glatzer

Writer's Block
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
How to Beat Writer's Block - and Hone Your Skills! - Dawn Copeman
How to Break Writer's Block - Jacob Myers
Nine Anti-Muses and How to Placate Them - Victoria Grossack
Tapping Your Innate Creativity - Barbara Florio Graham
When the Writing's Going Well: Ten Remedies to Demolish an Unexpected Block - Noelle Sterne
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
Deck the Halls... and Clear the Decks! - Moira Allen
The Dither Factor - Moira Allen
Enforcing Boundaries: Making Sure Others Respect Your "Right to Write" - Kristi Holl
Finding Time to Write - Moira Allen
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
Juggling Hamsters: Tips for the Busy Writer - Eugie Foster
Organizing Your Writing Time - Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz
Spring Cleaning [Organizing Your Projects] - Moira Allen
Take Control of Your Time! - Kelle Campbell
Taking Time Off: Planning a Vacation - Denene Brox
Tips from the Procrastination Princess - Mridu Khullar
Where Did The Year Go? (Tracking Your Writing Time) - Moira Allen
A Writing Plan for the New Year - Shaunna Privratsky

Ramblings on the Writing Life - by Moira Allen
The Disappearing Writer
Fireworks or a Working Fire? (Or, Bestsellerdom vs. Longsellerdom)
Giving Thanks - Or, Why Writers Are Still Needed
How Do You Define Success?
Is Writing an Art or a Craft?
A Mother's Gift (The Gift of Reading)
Our Reach and Our Grasp
Prophets Without Honor
The Secret of Success
The Secret of My Success?
So Many Books, So Little Time
Stirring the Nest
Thanksgiving with a Twist
What Do You Want on Your Tombstone?
Whether to Be Rich, Enriched, or Enriching...
Why We Do What We Do


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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