Overcoming Self-Doubt
If you’re a writer or any creative, negative thoughts about yourself are likely your constant companion. In this video, we’ll give tips on how to handle negative thoughts when they come because they always do when you’re trying to do something great. Let us help you acknowledge the negative thoughts, then take control of your brain and move forward in your creative pursuits!
Perfect Gifts for Writers
Are you on the hunt for the perfect gift for your favorite writer friend? Let us be your personal shoppers! We have ideas for every writer and every occasion. Some of our gift ideas are free and others aren't but all of them will put an exclamation point on your favorite writer’s special occasion.
Why Having a Writer's Group is Critical to Improving Your Writing
A huge part of being a writer is having other people read your work. After all, if you’re trying to get published, that’s exactly what will happen. So what better place to start than with people you actually know and like?
11 Mistakes All Writers Make
We discuss 11 mistakes that all new and established writers make. Come learn and laugh with us on our journey to getting our books into the hands of readers! Learning from these steps will help you write an amazing book.
Avoiding Writer Burnout
You spend all year plotting, planning, writing, outlining, stressing, deleting, scheming, and rejoicing in your writing. November rolls around and you take on NaNoWriMo and even if you don't, you enter the holiday season and navigate its events and excitement and distractions. The days grow shorter and it seems so does your time. Burnout creeps in and creativity stops flowing. Is all lost?
Nah. You're a writer who needs to recognize the signs of burnout and navigate them as fluidly as you navigate writing demands and the holidays. In this video, we'll give you our tried and true tips for avoiding burnout AND celebrating the holidays so you will be refreshed, rejuvenated, and rejoice in your creativity.
4 Writer’s Group Mistakes
So you have your writer’s group and you’re going to hold your very first meeting that will launch you into writing greatness! Congratulations! We’d love to offer you a few writer’s group pro tips to help you not only get the most out of group meetings for you and your writing but also to give the kind of attention and feedback your group mates deserve. Avoid these basic writer group mistakes and you’re well on your way to better writing!
Execute Your Cowriting Plan
Alright! You've made the decision--you're going to co-write a book! We've convinced you that co-writing is not only fun but effective and you've found a compatible co-writer. We'll help you start the co-writing process with this step by step guide that will save you time and put you solidly on the path to co-writing success.
Challenges to Getting Published
All aboard! Join us on this special travel edition as we show you five writing and publishing challenges that are just like train travel. No, really—travel takes time, effort, and energy, as well as planning and forethought and flexibility. Turns out, so does writing and working toward publication. We were inspired by our recent Amtrak trip to Denver, Colorado, and want to share the inspiration and encouragement we discovered along the route with you, our fellow writers and travelers on the writing journey.
Turn Rejection into Opportunity
You know that guy or girl in junior high you thought was your destiny? Or the breakup from said soul mate and the sound of your heart bleeding and wailing? Yeah, go ahead—roll your eyes, but that devastating rejection served a greater purpose: it is proof that rejection leads to something better suited for you, gives new perspective, and teaches you all sorts of things about yourself you wouldn't have known otherwise. If you can survive a breakup, you can definitely survive writer rejection...over and over again. In this video, we share real agent rejections we’ve received that hurt but led to something better, taught us how we could improve as writers, and gave us lots of new perspective.
Finding Time to Write
In everyday life there are plenty of distractions that could steal your precious writing time. Whether it be procrastination, writers block, or simply life getting in the way, you can still find sacred, creative writing time in the regular old moments of your day. @Emily Cox Nicole Allen are here to help you find more writing time no matter the distractions. Unless…you insist there is absolutely no time in your day to write. In which case, we are here to show you how to ignore all writing opportunities available throughout your normal day and never, ever, ever find time to write.
Writer Must Haves
We share with you 15 things that all writers must have when they embark on their creative journey. Do you have writers block? Struggling to come up with your next great character? Whether it's notebooks or boob hugs, these essentials items are guaranteed to overcome writers block and help you write more creatively.