How To Have Zen In Your Pen Again And Again
A guest post by John Sherry of Real Simple People
We all want the write stuff. The ability to craft wonderful words that inspire, motivate and delight. Words that simply flow freely and naturally from our imagination to the page. Deep stuff. Powerful stuff. Magical stuff. Like a kind of creative Zen state in literary action.
Leading to brilliant blogs, awesome [...]
What Are YOU Writing?
By Mary Jaksch
What are you working on right now?
A blog post? A novel? Your best article ever? A poem? A film script? An Ebook?
Maybe you’ve just finished something you’re really proud of? Or you just can’t tell whether it should get a Pulitzer or be thrown into the trash?
Or maybe you’re noticing some barriers that [...]
Shortcuts to Fame: 5 Tips for Writers
By Mary Jaksch of Goodlife ZEN
Do you dream of being discovered? Imagine if someone spotted your novel, dragged you into the limelight – and publishers came crawling. Or what if your blog post went viral, admirers crashed Twitter, and readers scrambled to subscribe – wouldn’t that be great?
It happens. New writers are discovered every day. [...]
3 Ways To Breathe Life Into Your Fiction
A guest post by Gareth Powell of GarethPowell.com
New writers are often given the following piece of advice: “Write what you know”. In other words, concentrate on the things you’ve observed and the things you understand about the world around you. If you’re a former journalist wanting to write a mystery, make your main character a [...]
Writing Workshop: What are YOU writing?
By Mary Jaksch
What are you working on right now?
A blog post? A novel? Your best article ever? A poem? A film script? An Ebook?
Maybe you’ve just finished something you’re really proud of? Or you just can’t tell whether it should get a Pulitzer or be thrown into the trash?
Or maybe you’re noticing some barriers that [...]



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