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Resolutions Don’t Work

How to Set Goals and Follow Through I know a lot of people who set New Year’s resolutions. You might have set some yourself just a few short weeks ago. Everyone wants to lose weight and get in shape. They want to improve their financial situation or tackle a neglected project. Or, like many of […]

How to Sustain Motivation

I find it odd that I am writing a blog post on motivation, particularly on sustaining motivation. I don’t exactly have the best track record for it. I do a little, then stop, then do a little more, and so on. In November 2005, I finally finished a novel with the help of NaNoWriMo, but […]

Pomodoro Power: 5 Free Timers You Can Use to Bolster Productivity

Behold, the humble tomato. Commonly mistaken for a vegetable, possessing a host of nutritional benefits, and occasionally employed as a missile in contentious public debates, this tempting fruit has one more attribute many of us may not yet be aware of. Namely, it can help us with our writing. I know, I know, you’re skeptical. […]

How Motivated Are You?

Motivation and I have a love-hate relationship. You see, I’m not someone who goes out of the way to set definitive goals. I have an idea in my head, not written down anywhere, mind you, of what I want to do. The problem is, my thoughts are usually too unfocused–in other words, downright nebulous–to write them […]

But I WANT to be A New York Times Bestseller

The biggest cause of misery for writers who have not succeeded (and one of the biggest causes of writers giving up in despair and quitting altogether) is this: Most writers think they have set goals when in fact they have embraced expectations. 5

Will I Live Long Enough to Finish My Epic?

ROUNDUP: What Writers Want to Know Right Now…

Multi-published author and head moderator Cat Gerlach asked a bunch of writers on the forums what their toughest writings were. Here are their questions and her answers. 9